Healthy Minds in the news

As Southern Nevada’s premier mental health provider, Healthy Minds’ experts are often interviewed by area news outlets when important mental health issues are being covered or when reports are released detailing our work improving mental health outcomes and reducing taxpayer costs for various state agencies. Here are some recent stories featuring Healthy Minds and members of our team:

Press

• June 2022 | Tips to having the “birds and bees talk” with your children – an interview with Healthy Minds’ and Nevada Mental Health’s Dr. Sid Khurana on FOX Channel 5. | See story
• May 2022 | Reassuring your children after the Texas school shooting – an interview with Healthy Minds’ Dr. Lisa Durette on NBC News Channel 3. | See story
• May 2022 | Recent school shooting creates more questions about children’s safety – an interview with Healthy Minds’ and Nevada Mental Health’s Dr. Sid Khurana on ABC News Channel 13. | See story
• May 2022 | Expert offers tips on how to explain school violence to children – an interview with Healthy Minds’ and Nevada Mental Health’s Dr. Sid Khurana on CBS News Channel 8. | See story
• May 2022 | Young adults report alarming rate of mental health issues – an interview with Healthy Minds’ Dr. Lisa Durette on NBC News Channel 3. | See story
• May 2022 | Parent concern over online dangers for teens on social media – an interview with Healthy Minds’ and Nevada Mental Health’s Dr. Sid Khurana on CBS News Channel 8. | See story
• April 2022 | Teacher, expert react to three local campus assaults in one day and stress importance of mental health – an interview with Healthy Minds’ and Nevada Mental Health’s Dr. Sid Khurana on CBS News Channel 8. | See story
• March 2022 | Monitoring your children’s social media use (including interview with Healthy Minds’ Dr. Lisa Durette) on NBC News Channel 3. | See story
• February 2022 | Mental Health Matters: Dealing with life post-pandemic, an interview with Healthy Minds’ Dr. Lisa Durette on NBC News Channel 3. | See story
• February 2022 | Psychiatrist shares what parents need to know about violent behavior – an interview with Healthy Minds’ and Nevada Mental Health’s Dr. Sid Khurana on Yahoo News/ABC News Channel 13. See story
• December 2021 | Experts say more children having mental health issues after COVID lockdowns, an interview with Dr. Lisa Durette on NBC News Channel 3. | See story
• November 2021 | Teen suicides on the rise, mental health crisis in our schools – an interview with Healthy Minds’ Dr. Lisa Durette on CBS News Channel 8. | See story
• September 2021 | The Nevada Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics hosted their September 2021 Live Walk with a Doc KIDS TIME program, in which Healthy Minds’ Dr. Lisa Durette gave a brief, family-friendly talk titled “When Things Aren’t Perfect: Caring for Yourself & Your Children”. | See more
• August 2021 | Families face agonizing dilemmas over keeping kids safe amid pandemic resurgence, featuring interview with Healthy Minds’ Dr. Lisa Durette in The Nevada Independent. | Read story
• May 2021 | Virus prompts mental health crisis in our youth, article by Rupert Ruiz and Healthy Minds’ Dr. Lisa Durette for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. | See article
• April 2021 | New CDC survey cites concerns with distance learning, an interview with Healthy Minds’ Dr. Lisa Durette on NBC News Channel 3. | See story
• January 2021 | Healthy Minds’ Medical Director, Dr. Lisa Durette, is interviewed by KTNV Channel 13 (ABC Las Vegas) about some of the societal changes that took place during 2020 that we can expect to stay with us in 2021 and beyond. | See story
• August 2020 | What should we do when students exhibit signs of depression over their social isolation? – an interview with Healthy Minds’ Dr. Lisa Durette in the Las Vegas Weekly. | Read article
• August 2020 | What does school spirit look like without athletics or in-person extracurriculars? An interview with Healthy Minds’ Dr. Lisa Durette in Las Vegas Weekly. | Read article
• March 2020 | Healthy Minds’ Medical Director, Dr. Lisa Durette, is interviewed by Las Vegas’s NBC News 3 about how to maintain your mental health throughout the pandemic, what you can do if you find yourself in need of mental health care, and how parents can discuss COVID-19 with their children. | See story
• February 2020 | Taking care of teens’ mental health during the pandemic – an interview with Healthy Minds’ Dr. Lisa Durette in Las Vegas Weekly. | Read story
• December 2020 | Healthy Minds’ Medical Director, Dr. Lisa Durette, is interviewed by Las Vegas’s News 3 about how parents can talk to their kids (and people with different political ideologies) within the context of a highly polarized political environment. | See story
• September 2019 | Nevada sent 170 children in juvenile justice, child welfare systems out of state for treatment – The Nevada Independent story featuring commentary from Healthy Minds’ Dr. Lisa Durette. | See story
• February 2019 | Healthy Minds partners with Milan Institute to train the next generation of Las Vegas mental health care workers. | Learn more
• December 2014 | University of Nevada School of Medicine – The University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, offers the first and only child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship training program in Clark County, thanks to the help of Healthy Minds’ Medical Director, Dr. Lisa Durette, who also serves as the fellowship director of this important program. | View full story
• Fall 2014 | Synapse Magazine – Healthy Minds’ Director, Dr. Lisa Durette, is interviewed to discuss the Nevada School of Medicine’s new psychiatric fellowship program, which she and others at Healthy Minds is helping spearhead. | Open PDF
• July 2014 | FFTA Annual Conference – Healthy Minds’ presents findings from their groundbreaking research study: “Comparison of Pre- and Post-Treatment Data in the Use of Evidence-Based Treatments of Foster Children in an Urban Community” at the FFTA’s 28th Annual Conference. | View PDF File
• Summer 2014 | Vegas Seven – Healthy Minds’ Medical Director, Dr. Lisa Durette, who has been voted Las Vegas’s Top Doc four years in a row, is interviewed by Vegas Seven magazine. | Link to original story
• Feb 18, 2014 | KLAS TV, Channel 8 – Dr. Harding, Healthy Minds’ Assnt. Medical Director, discusses Healthy Minds’ efforts to get trained child psychologists into public schools, in light of recent media stories.| Link to original story
• June 2013 | Board of County Commissioners of Clark County, Nevada, issues Healthy Minds a Proclamation thanking them for their community service in successfully conducting the Therapeutic Foster Care Pilot Program. | View or download proclamation
• April 29, 2013 | Las Vegas Review Journal – Healthy Minds’ Dr. Lisa Durette and Dr. Kenneth McKay are interviewed to discuss Las Vegas’s severe shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists and what Healthy Minds is doing to help solve the problem. | Link to original story
• April 18, 2013 | News 3 – Healthy Minds is featured for helping foster children in Clark County. Under a new pilot program, Healthy Minds was able to reduce use of psychotropic medications by 50%, reduce hospitalization rates by 90% and close 1/3 of the cases. These efforts saved tax payers millions of dollars while providing better care for children and their families. | Link to original story