Becker’s Behavioral Health

The behavioral health department of the County of San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Health Agency received a $21.6 million grant through California’s Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program, supported by the Proposition 1 bond. The funds will be used to purchase and…

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has launched simulation training for emergency department providers to improve care for patients with opioid use disorder.  The three-hour training, conducted at four sites, including the system’s Simulation Center, has reached more than…

At least five people in the U.S. died while or shortly after their heads were covered with spit hoods while under medical supervision by state-run psychiatric facilities, The Seattle Times reported Jan. 25.  The Times surveryed all 50 states to…

Peer support specialists were linked to an average reduction of 43% in inpatient services and a 30% increase in outpatient visits, according to a January brief from the American Hospital Association. Hospitals and health systems are increasingly integrating peer support…

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research has opened the Center for Psychedelics Research and Treatment at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks. The center includes the Feinstein Family Human Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory, which features “a driving…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Centerstone and Stamford, Conn.-based Cohen Veterans Network, a nonprofit network of mental health clinics for service members, veterans and their families, will open their first joint mental health clinic in Kansas near Fort Riley in Manhattan, Kan., in…

At Cedar Crest Hospital in Belton, Texas, pharmacy leadership spent the past year focused on one core shift: modernizing medication distribution to improve safety in a high-risk psychiatric setting. Edith Okolo, PharmD, director of pharmacy, said 2025 marked a major…

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Recovery Centers of America has named Jason Kirby, DO, an addiction and family medicine physician, as chief medical officer.  Dr. Kirby brings more than a decade of experience in addiction treatment and behavioral health, with a…

Humana has established a $3 million scholarship fund to support medical education focused on integrated care amid ongoing workforce shortages.  The Humana Health Workforce Scholarship Fund will provide full tuition scholarships annually to incoming students at Xavier Ochsner College of…

As behavioral health crises drive prolonged emergency department boarding and staff burnout, health systems are adopting targeted strategies to ease the burden and improve care transitions. From building dedicated billing teams to integrating technology into daily workflow, behavioral health leaders…