Becker’s Behavioral Health

A fifth-grade student opens their pencil box, slips a piece of paper into a pocket and goes to the bathroom. After feeling the urge to self-harm, the student unfolds the paper to reveal an illustrated flower with positive affirmation petals…

Boston Children’s Hospital has received a $100 million donation from Rob and Karen Hale — the largest in the hospital’s history — to support pediatric behavioral healthcare.  The gift will fund the creation of an integrated care model and a…

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has launched a new intervention team to support adults transitioning out of psychiatric hospitalization or emergency care.  The five-year, $32.2 million initiative is funded by the New York State Office of Mental Health…

In his first few weeks as Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health’s new system vice president for behavioral health services, Manish Sapra, MD, outlined his early focus areas: understanding the work already underway across the organization, standardizing clinical care models, and aligning quality…

Stephan Heckers, MD, will step down as chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center at the end of the academic year.  Dr. Heckers, the William P. and Henry B. Test chair…

Youths across the U.S. are facing a mental health crisis, with systems having limited time, access and resources. As the crisis continues, more systems are investing in bringing behavioral health services to the youth through community-based care and crisis stabilization…

Physicians are facing a “perfect storm” in behavioral health, with more patients seeking treatment amid limited access and an understaffed workforce, Robert Trestman, MD, PhD, chair of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in…

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has temporarily paused a policy change that would redirect support from permanent housing toward transitional housing and move most funding into a nationally competitive pool, Politico reported Dec. 8.   Two lawsuits — one…

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Philadelphia, Pa.-based Jefferson Health, and King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services have completed a joint behavioral health hospital in the Lehigh Valley.  The new facility, Hanover Hill Behavioral Health, is a…

Stillwater-based Oklahoma State University will return more than $4.8 million to the state’s mental health agency after plans for a behavioral health hospital on its Oklahoma City campus were canceled over funding shortfalls, The Oklahoman reported Dec. 6. OSU/A&M regents…