We are commemorating this year’s National Nurses Week by profiling two of our psychiatric nurses – Radhika Patel, RN; and Victoria Valena, MSEd, MSN. Both have been with University of Minnesota Physicians for more than three years and work in the adult outpatient setting.
Minnesota teens who have social anxiety have been hit hard by COVID and are ideal candidates for an online study assessing new types of treatment for their anxiety.
Phil Luber, MD, joined the Department, April 30, on the academic side. He will begin providing clinical services as part of the Coordinated Care Psychiatric Service in primary care clinics in early August 2021.
In this first of a series of three articles, we introduce our nine new residents. They will begin their journeys with us in June.
Commemorating National Admin Professionals Day: Communications and Administrative Support Liaison, Daniel Franks, enjoys his role with the department and believes it allows him to use all his skills.
The Mind Deconstructed: Mental Health and Wellness
Dr. Kaz Nelson, Associate Professor, along with host, George, serve as translators between the psychiatric field and the non-medical community. This series seeks to dispel myths, address listener questions, talk directly about serious topics, such as suicide, and inform the public about what they need to know to maintain mental health and a life worth living.
