Becker’s Behavioral Health

OpenAI has updated ChatGPT’s default GPT-5 model to better recognize signs of mental distress, de-esculate sensitive conversations and direct users toward professional support when appropriate. The changes are part of a broader effort to reduce unsafe responses and address high-risk…

Corona, Calif.-based Signature Healthcare Services and Redding, Calif.-based Arch Collaborative plan to submit a grant application Oct. 28 for a $200 million behavioral health campus in Northern California, according to an Oct. 27 report from Shasta Scout. The move comes…

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services, one of the largest behavioral health providers in the U.S., reported strong third-quarter results across its behavioral health portfolio, according to a financial report published on Oct. 27.  Here are six takeaways from…

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based LifeStance Health has partnered with Palo Alto, Calif.-based Calm Health to expand access to higher-acuity outpatient mental health care.  Under the partnership, Calm Health users who complete a mental health screening and require advanced support can be referred…

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to resume some of the $1 billion in school mental health grants that had been halted earlier this year.  Kymberly Evanson, a U.S. District Court judge in Seattle, issued the preliminary ruling…

Maimonides Medical Center is building a new psychiatric unit for adolescents at its Borough Park campus in New York City, according to an Oct. 27  report from Crain’s New York Business.  The 20-bed unit will increase the hospital’s inpatient psychiatric…

Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services will pay up to $850,000 to settle claims related to a December 2023 ransomware attack that compromised sensitive data, according to an Oct. 23 report from The HIPPA Journal.  The attack was identified Dec. 10,…

Mobile, Ala.-based AltaPointe has partnered with MyCare Technologies, the Mobile Police Department and Mobile Fire-Rescue to launch a six-month pilot program aimed at reducing non-emergency 911 calls among the top 50 high utilizers of emergency services. The initiative places iPads…

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare’s Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital has received an $8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a research center focused on psychiatric biotyping, according to an Oct. 27 report from the Hartford Courant. …

Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina has received more than $11 million from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to establish a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence focused on trauma resilience. The center will be known as the South…