Becker’s Behavioral Health

The Board of County Commissioners in Multnomah County, Ore., greenlit $2.4 million Dec. 11 to partially address a $4.6 million budget gap left when the state’s largest Medicaid provider, CareOregon, rolled back spending for behavioral healthcare, according to a Dec.…

Behavioral health nurses had the highest turnover rate among nursing specialties in 2024, according to the NSI National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report. The 2025 report, released in March, includes survey findings from 450 hospitals in 37 states…

Brown University Health’s Newport (R.I.) Hospital will open an inpatient behavioral health unit for adolescent patients in early 2026. The eight-bed unit will provide short-term stabilization, assessment and treatment services for patients ages 12 to 18. Newport Hospital is collaborating…

Florida’s first behavioral health hospital for women is slated to open in Tampa this spring, Spectrum News reported Dec. 22. Mariposa Women’s Hospital will specialize in treating women with anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other emotional and substance use…

Tim Nelson, PhD, will become director of the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, effective Jan. 5.  Dr. Nelson joined the university’s faculty in 2009, according to a news release. His research interests include pediatric…

A new psychiatry residency program is set to launch in Texas next summer through a partnership between Conroe-based Tri-County Behavioral Healthcare, Huntsville (Texas) Memorial Hospital and the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, also in Conroe. The residency…

Patient records may have been accessed during a break-in at a Texas behavioral health facility.  The Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network, which operates clinics, counseling and recovery centers, said it notified law enforcement and regulatory agencies about the privacy…

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health is expanding its continuum of behavioral healthcare with the launch of an accelerated transcranial magnetic stimulation protocol.  Matthew White, MD, chair of the behavioral health service line, and Dan Peterson, CEO of Sutter Center for Psychiatry…

A record 91% of eighth grade students and 82% of 10th grade students reported no use of alcohol, cannabis or nicotine in the past 30 days, according to a study conducted by the Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Institute for…

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois is sponsoring a new housing initiative from Chicago-based LifeHouse Group to help Medicaid members with substance use disorder transition to independent living.  The project  will create four-bedroom housing units in Dixmoor, Ill., for individuals…