The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and its community partners have been given $4 million in grants in order to expand mental health services.
UNLV PRACTICE will utilize the funds to provide health care for young adults and children at risk for bipolar disorders and psychosis, a news release from the university said this week.
“This has been the result of the hard work of many people in the College of Liberal Arts, UNLV PRACTICE, our donors in the community, the state, and the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, School of Social Work, department of psychiatry and behavioral health, and department of psychology all coming together,” Dan Allen, professor of psychology and lead investigator on the grants, said in the release.
The programs will operate out of UNLV PRACTICE’s satellite office, which specializes in the treatment of mental health issues in the proposed population.
An evidence-based treatment program for early bipolar disorders in people 15 years of age and older under the name of Performance Optimization for Wellness, Empowerment and Resilience (POWER) was given $2.1 million in order to operate.
A $2.2 million grant was given to the Nevada Clinical High Risk for Psychosis (CHR-P) Program for Youth to treat adolescents with signs of psychosis in an initiative that will help care for people before they endure their first psychotic episode.
Evidence-based research made the funding possible with the federal government providing approximately $1.5 million along with $750,000 in matching funds from various donors, including a $225,000 gift from the Shear Family Foundation.
