Becker’s Behavioral Health

Hackensack, N.J.-based Comprehensive Behavioral Health Care filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sept. 16, according to U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey documents reviewed by Becker’s. The nonprofit behavioral health provider attributed the filing to a years-long dispute…

The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded $111.9 million to 191 community organizations to support suicide prevention services for veterans nationwide. The grants are part of the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, with funding becoming available at…

The Children’s Hospital Association, Speak Our Minds, Children’s Healthcare Canada and Children’s Hospital Alliance UK launched an international effort aimed at improving how pediatric health systems identify and support children and adolescents at risk of suicide. The Global Preventing Youth…

New Mexico had the highest all-drug overdose death rate in the U.S. in 2025, while Nebraska had the lowest, according to a KFF analysis of provisional CDC data. The national all-drug overdose death rate was 20 per 100,000 individuals in…

As the push to integrate behavioral health into primary and specialty care gains momentum, a number of health systems are appointing new leaders to oversee this transformation. These executives are tasked with aligning behavioral health strategies across clinical settings, building…

More than 100 national, state and local organizations have joined the National Maternal Mental Health Accelerator, an initiative launched by the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health to address gaps in maternal mental healthcare. The initiative, which launched Sept. 29,…

The Department of Veterans Affairs will introduce additional informed consent requirements for veterans receiving certain psychotropic medications starting in 2027, a move the agency said will give veterans more information as they make treatment decisions. Here are three things to…

The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded $89.3 million through the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program to expand substance use disorder prevention, treatment and recovery services in rural communities. The funding will support rural communities in 45 states and one…

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes sued Botanic Tonics in what her office called a first-in-the-nation consumer protection lawsuit, alleging its marketing of 2-ounce kratom shots violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act. The state alleges the company marketed the shots as…

The population-based rate of reported intentional substance exposures at school among U.S. children increased 77.5% from 2000 to 2024, with the largest jump among elementary-school-aged children, according to a study published in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Researchers at…