Becker’s Behavioral Health

The American Medical Association is calling on federal lawmakers to enact safeguards on AI chatbots, particularly when it comes to protecting patients’ mental health. With the rapid rise of people using chatbots for behavioral and other health-related issues, the AMA…

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Recovery Unplugged Behavioral Health expanded its virtual intensive outpatient program to patients in Pennsylvania.  The program provides access to licensed clinical care, group therapy and individualized treatment planning for patients experiencing substance use disorders and co-occurring mental…

About 2.8% of U.S. residents ages 12 and older — roughly 8 million people — reported past-year psilocybin use, according to a study published April 21 in The American Journal of Psychiatry. The drug is a hallucinogenic compound found in…

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health and Los Angeles-based Amae Health are collaborating to expand outpatient care for severe mental illness in Charlotte, N.C..  The partnership will bring Amae’s outpatient care model for severe mental illness — which integrates psychiatry, therapy, primary…

Monrovia, Calif.-based Autism Learning Partners has closed its New York Medicaid panels for new Medicaid and Child Health Plus patients, effective April 17.  The move follows two reimbursement cuts for applied behavior analysis services: a 12.5% reduction that took effect…

More than two-thirds — 68% — of substance use and mental health treatment facilities reported using only an EHR with no paper charts, while 25% used a mix of digital and paper records, according to an April report from the…

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health is launching a behavioral health research initiative that will fund up to $139.4 million to develop new therapies.  The initiative, Evidence-Based Validation and Innovation for Rapid Therapeutics in Behavioral Health, will allocate at…