Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska

- Career Pathways Overview
- - Behavioral Health Career Pathways
    Behavioral health professionals share what is unique about their profession and how it is different from other behavioral health careers.
  - BHECN App
    The BHECN Behavioral Health Mentorship & Supervision App is a resource for anyone interested in behavioral health careers in Nebraska.
- - Lifelong Learning Fund
    BHECN's Lifelong Learning fund supports educational and career engagement opportunities to help grow our state's behavioral health workforce.
  - BHECN Scholars
    The BHECN Scholars program supports undergraduate seniors who plan to pursue master’s degrees in Nebraska-based behavioral health programs.
  - Graduate Trainee Stipend Program
    The Graduate Trainee Stipend Program financially supports master's-level students during select advanced practicum or internship experiences.
  - Mentoring Program
    BHECN's mentorship program provides guidance and support to undergraduate and graduate-level students seeking licensed behavioral health careers in Nebraska.
- Education and Training Overview
- - Project PEACE
    The Project PEACE Webinar Series is a series of webinars recorded by psychiatry residents on rotation with BHECN.
  - Core Topics
    This accredited continuing education activity is designed for Behavioral Health providers to include psychologists, nurses, therapists, and social workers.
  - DSM-5 TR
    This webinar reviews revisions from the DSM-5 to the DSM-5-TR with speakers Krista Fritson, PsyD and Arden Szepe, PhD, NCC.
  - Heal the Healer
    Heal the Healer is a free webinar series that addresses incivility and bullying in the workplace designed for nurses and interested healthcare professionals.
- - Training Partnerships
    BHECN establishes partnerships to create and disseminate educational materials for the development of the behavioral health workforce.
  - Nebraska Behavioral Health Education Partnership
    BHECN partners with the 19 academic institutions to track the number of graduate-level behavioral health education students graduating and staying in Nebraska.
  - The BHECN Serenity Project
    The BHECN Serenity Project is a series of free online yoga and meditation sessions in partnership with Lotus House of Yoga.
- Research, Data & Policy Overview
- Nebraska Behavioral Health Workforce Dashboard
  The dashboard helps policy makers, employers, and behavioral health care stakeholders understand the state of the behavioral health workforce.
- Legislative Reports
  BHECN's biennial legislative reports examine the characteristics of actively practicing behavioral health providers in Nebraska.
- Nebraska Behavioral Health Policy Forum
  This forum discussed how investments in BHECN are being used to recruit, train, and retain behavioral health and rural healthcare providers across Nebraska.
- ARPA
  Access information related BHECN’s allocation of $25.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to Nebraska behavioral health providers.
- BHECN Sites Overview
- BHECN Panhandle
  Our BHECN Panhandle site supports our mission of recruitment and retention of behavioral health professionals in Western Nebraska.
- BHECN Central
  BHECN Central is a remote site for training and workforce development at the University of Nebraska Kearney that serves the central part of the state.
- BHECN Northeast
  BHECN Northeast is a remote site based at Wayne State College that facilitates training and workforce development in Northeast Nebraska.
- BHECN East
  BHECN East is located at the UNO Grace Abbott School of Social Work and focuses primarily on the behavioral health workforce needs of the Omaha area.
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— Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska — Research, Data and Policy — BHECN's Published Research

BHECN's Published Research

Research publications.

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The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska: A Creative Solution to a Persistent Behavioral Health Workforce Shortage
Authors: Adams, Emily; Watanabe-Galloway, Shinobu; Baerentzen, Mogens Bill; Grennan, Allison; Schneider, Erin Obermeier; Doyle, Marley
Journal: Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America
Year: 2024

Exploring the Dynamics of Attracting and Retaining Acute Care Psychiatric Registered Nurses: An In-Depth Analysis Using Focus Groups
Authors: Ratnapradipa, Kendra; Houfek, Julia; Gearhart, Phoebe; Schneider, Erin; Chasek, Christine; Dinkel, Danae; Cordts, Katrina; Doyle, Marley; Chaudhary, Priyanka; Bhale, Deepanjali; Watanabe-Galloway, Shinobu
Journal: Journal of Nursing Management
Year: 2024

Disability Inclusion in Psychiatry: Strategies to Improve and Increase Diversity Within the Psychiatrist Workforce
Author: Doyle, Marley
Journal: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, 33(1), 53-56
Year: 2024

Adaptation of digital navigation training for integrated behavioral health providers: Interview and survey study
Authors: Emerson, Margaret R.; Dinkel, Danae; Watanabe-Galoway, Shinobu; Torous, John; Johnson, David J.
Journal: Translational Behavioral Medicine
Year: 2023

A cross-sectional study of alcohol, opioid use, and anxiety in agriculturally based occupation
Authors: Chasek, Christine; Watanabe-Galloway, Shinobu; Rutt, R.; Olson, A.; Yoder, A.
Journal: Journal of Rural Health
Year: 2023

The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska: A Creative Solution to a Persistent Behavioral Health Workforce Shortage
Authors: Adams, Emily; Watanabe-Galloway, Shinobu; Baerentzen, Mogens Bill; Grennan, Allison; Obermeier Schneider, Erin; Doyle, Marley
Journal: Psychiatric Clinics of North America
Year: 2022

Provisional behavioral health licenses to full licenses: Analysis of Nebraska behavioral workforce data 2009–2019
Authors: Watanabe-Galloway, Shinobu; Chasek, Christine; Doyle, Marley; Grennan, Allison; Houfek, Julia; Naveed, Zaeema; Schneider, Erin Obermeier
Journal: Journal of Rural Mental Health
Year: 2022

Using interagency partnerships to establish neighbor-to-neighbor programming: Supporting rural mental health
Authors: Franzen-Castle, L; Krehbiel, M.; Chasek, Christine; Elsen, K.; Schwarz, C.
Journal: Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences
Year: 2022

A scoping review of substance use disorders among farmers in the US and other countries
Authors: Watanabe-Galloway, Shinobu; Chasek, Christine; Yoder, A.; Bell, J
Journal: The Journal of Rural Health
Year: 2022

Disability Inclusion in Psychiatry: Strategies to Improve and Increase Diversity Within the Psychiatrist Workforce
Author: Doyle, Marley
Journal: Psychiatric Clinics, 45(2), 279-282
Year: 2022

Virtual Mentorship Network to Address the Rural Shortage of Mental Health Providers
Authors: Keeler, Heidi; Sjuts, Tara; Niitsu, Kosuke; Watanabe-Galloway, Shinobu; Force-Emery Mackie, Paul; Liu, Howard
Journal: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Year: 2018

Psychologists’ self-perception of readiness to provide tele-health interventions in counseling services
Authors: Morozan, O.; Chasek, Christine
Journal: Acta et Commentationes: Stiinte ale Educatiei, Scientific Journal
Year: 2017