Becker’s Behavioral Health

From a 292-bed state-funded psychiatric hospital in Texas to New Mexico’s only children’s emergency psychiatric unit, hospitals and health systems are expanding behavioral health access as demand continues to grow. Here are 64 behavioral health projects to know:

Members of the Washington, D.C.-based American Psychological Association are petitioning to form a Division of Psychedelic Science and Practice, which would give psychologists working in psychedelic research and clinical care their own home within the association. The petition, posted in…

CMS finalized its 2027 Medicare physician fee schedule Nov. 4, boosting the value of psychiatric collaborative care services and extending higher valuations for timed behavioral health services to tobacco cessation and substance use intervention services. The final rule takes effect…

Health systems across the U.S. are turning to large-scale philanthropic gifts, state funding and internal capital investments to address rising demand for pediatric behavioral healthcare. The funding is supporting expanded inpatient capacity and the development of integrated campuses aimed at…

Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare raised its full-year 2026 financial guidance Nov. 4 after reporting third-quarter revenue of $895.3 million, up 5.1% year over year. Same-facility revenue rose 5.2%, driven by a 1.1% increase in patient days and a 4% increase…

Allentown, Penn.-based Blackbird Health opened a pediatric mental health clinic in Sterling, Va., expanding care for children, teens and young adults across Loudoun County. The Sterling clinic, announced Nov. 4, is Blackbird’s fourth Northern Virginia location. It joins the company’s…

On Nov. 4, the National Council for Mental Wellbeing set four policy priorities for the 120th Congress and pledged to work with lawmakers from both parties to expand access to mental health and substance use care. The Washington, D.C.-based organization…

For patients with treatment-resistant depression, the next step after medication and therapy is increasingly interventional psychiatry. Health systems are adding chairs for transcranial magnetic stimulation, moving to accelerated protocols that shrink weeks of treatment into days, and protecting electroconvulsive therapy…