New York City will launch a program designed to support individuals with severe mental illness who are homeless. 

The Drug Enforcement Administration and HHS have published a final rule to allow providers to prescribe buprenorphine through telehealth. 

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration published updated crisis care guidance for 2025, designed to reflect the transition to the 988 Lifeline. 

Children and adolescents from families with higher incomes, private insurance and who live in urban areas are more likely to receive telehealth psychotherapy, new research has found. 

Holy Hill Hospital in Raleigh, N.C., has halted child and adolescent admissions as state surveyors conduct an investigation at the psychiatric facility, according to local news outlets. 

The Haven at College has named Jen Carvalho as CEO, according to a Jan. 10 news release shared with Becker's. 

UNC Health Pardee is building a psychiatric inpatient unit designed to meet the unique needs of adolescents. 

Many unknowns surround behavioral health in 2025, according to Sabina Lim, MD. 

Construction is set to begin on a $111.5M psychiatric hospital in Wichita, Kan., the Wichita Business Journal reported Jan. 10. 

A federal bankruptcy court judge has approved the sale of Wellpath's behavioral health division. 

Amwell has sold its psychiatric telehealth business to Avel eCare for $21 million. 

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will increase the dollar amount of incentives provided to patients receiving treatment for substance use disorder. 

A bill to address a slate of mental health initiatives has been reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. 

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has awarded 14 states grants of $1 million to plan Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics. 

Officials are hoping to speed up the construction of a $60 million behavioral health facility in Palm Beach County, Fla., NPR affiliate WLRN reported Jan. 7. 

New technologies, incorporating families, innovative models and trauma-informed care will be some of the trends shaping youth behavioral health in 2025, according to Jim Serratt, CEO of Parkside Psychiatric Hospital and Clinic. 

Nearly 55% of hospital bed stays for active-duty service members between 2019 and 2023 were for mental health disorders — more than every other affliction combined — according to a December Department of Defense Medical Surveillance Monthly Report.

ABA Centers of America filed a lawsuit alleging Point32Health stopped paying for autism treatment services it had previously authorized. 

Nevada and the Justice Department have reached a settlement to resolve allegations the state unnecessarily segregated children with behavioral health disabilities in institutional settings. 

Portland, Maine-based MaineHealth Behavioral Health has named Melissa Bowker-Kinley, MD, as vice president of medical affairs, child and adolescent services.