Becker’s Behavioral Health

An international panel of experts on women’s mental health is calling for postpartum psychosis to be classified as a distinct mental illness in medical coding systems, according to a consensus statement published Oct. 22 in Biology Psychiatry.  The panel, led…

Green Bay and La Crosse, Wis.-based Emplify Health and Milwaukee-based Marquette University have partnered on a pilot program to train and retain mental health counselors in Northeast Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.  The Resch Mental Health Initiative will support 25…

Behavioral health is at a crossroads: Demand for services is increasing, leading organizations to expand access — but it needs to be sustainable.  Stuart Archer, CEO of Plano, Texas-based Oceans Healthcare, told Becker’s sustainability should center around a discussion that…

Since 2019, Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic’s emergency department Bridge to Treatment program has redefined how the system connects patients with opioid use disorder to recovery resources.  Robert Trestman, MD, PhD, professor and chair of the department of psychiatry and behavioral…

New Mind Wellness, a Philadelphia-based behavioral health provider, has earned a Gold Seal of Approval for behavioral healthcare from The Joint Commission.  The recognition reflects the organization’s adherence to national standards for safety, quality and patient care as established by…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Mental Health Cooperative is preparing to open a children and youth stabilization unit for patients ages 4 to 17, according to an Oct. 21 report from ABC affiliate WKRN.  The facility will include 15 beds and two observation…

The Southwest Prevention Center at the University of Oklahoma Outreach in Norman has received a five-year, $50 million grant to lead the Suicide Prevention Resource Center.  The grant, from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, under HSS, renews…

Berkeley, Calif.-based Foresight Mental Health has launched a maternal mental health program aimed at supporting individuals throughout the reproductive process.  The program seeks to address unmet mental health needs from fertility to pregnancy and postpartum experiences, according to an Oct.…

When some families walk into Aurora-based Children’s Hospital Colorado’s Center for Children’s Surgery, they are met with surgeons, anesthesiologists — and now, psychologists.  The hospital is transforming the way it delivers surgical care by embedding psychosocial providers — psychologists, social…

Springfield, Mo.-based Burrell Behavioral Health, a provider of mental health and substance use treatment, has broken ground on a new behavioral health crisis center in Columbia, Mo., to expand access to urgent mental healthcare, according to an Oct. 21 report…