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  1. 8 new behavioral health centers

    Here are eight new behavioral health centers and units that Becker's has reported on so far in September:
  2. Mental health transformation bills pass through California Legislature

    The California Legislature has approved two bills that aim to transform mental healthcare across the state, with residents now having the opportunity to vote to modernize California's mental health system in March 2024.
  3. Behavioral health clinic to open in Seattle

    The Odessa Brown Children's Clinic in Seattle is opening a new location focusing on mental and behavioral health, KOMO News reported Sept. 14.

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  1. Montana signs contract to amend behavioral health system

    The Montana state health department has signed a contract to update its behavioral health system, The Montana Free Press reported Sept. 14.
  2. High demand, lack of funds slow down mobile crisis teams

    Many mobile crisis teams across the country aren't able to meet the demand for in-person intervention, according to a Sept. 14 report from ABC News.
  3. SunCloud Health opens outpatient center in Maryland

    SunCloud Health, a national behavioral health services provider for patients with co-occurring disorders, has opened an outpatient center in Gaithersburg, Md.  
  4. Meet 3 leaders of Marvin Behavioral Health

    Marvin Behavioral Health is a mental health provider for physicians and healthcare workers, offering teletherapy, meditations, mood analytics and community programming for hospital systems and residency programs.

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  1. University Health suicide prevention program awarded $3.6M

    San Antonio-based University Health was awarded a four-year, $3.6 million federal grant for its  Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Blueprint for Adults and Youth (CoSPLAY) program. 
  2. Carelon Behavioral Health taps chief network officer

    Carelon Behavioral Health, a subsidiary of Elevance Health, has named Manuel Arisso as chief network officer.
  3. North Dakota hospital to reinstate inpatient behavioral health unit

    CHI St. Alexius Health Williston (N.D.) will bring back the hospital's inpatient behavioral health unit, NBC and Fox affiliate KFYR reported Sept. 12.
  4. 5 states with the highest, lowest suicide rates

    Wyoming has the highest rate of suicide in the country, while New Jersey has the lowest, according to an analysis released Sept. 12 by personal finance website WalletHub.

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  1. 5 states with the most, fewest depressed adults

    Hawaii has the lowest number of depressed adults in the country, while West Virginia has the highest, according to an analysis released Sept. 12 by personal finance website WalletHub.
  2. Colorado psychiatry practice to pay $1.9M to settle fraud allegations

    A Colorado psychiatry practice agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle allegations that it knowingly double billed time to receive increased Medicare and Medicaid payments. 
  3. Huntington Health partners with Marvin Behavioral Health on physician mental health

    Marvin Behavioral Health has partnered with Huntington Health in Pasadena, Calif., to offer its healthcare providers access to virtual behavioral health services.
  4. Brightside Health names COO

    Julia Bernstein has been appointed chief operating officer of Brightside Health, a telehealth company offering mental healthcare to people with clinical depression, anxiety and other mood disorders.
  5. New behavioral health hospital to open in Oklahoma City

    The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is constructing a new mental health hospital in Oklahoma City.
  6. What are the happiest states in the US?

    Here are the top 10 happiest states, according to a Sept. 12 report from WalletHub, which compared states across emotional and physical well being, work environment and community and environment:
  7. Ohio mental health services board receives $1.3M

    The Delaware-Morrow Mental Health and Recovery Services Board has received a $1.3 million grant to strengthen local behavioral health services, The Delaware Gazette reported Sept. 9.
  8. Latino Behavioral Health Services opens new facility in Utah

    Latino Behavioral Health Services has opened a new facility in Salt Lake City that will nearly double the number of clients the organization previously had the capacity to serve in Utah, KSL reported Sept. 10.
  9. Compass Health Network to open behavioral health center in Missouri

    Compass Health Network is opening a behavioral health center in Festus, Mo., My Leader Paper reported Sept. 9.

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