Acadia Healthcare has named Nasser Khan, MD, as Chief Operating Officer.

ADHD diagnoses among kids aged 3-17 are on the rise, and the disorder is becoming an "expanding public health concern" according to a CDC study published in the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology May 22. 

Cleveland Clinic has become the first major healthcare organization to enter the metaverse.

UnitedHealth Group's Optum has acquired Plymouth, Minn.-based CARE Counseling, the Star Tribune reported May 23. 

An outpatient building leased by Reading (Pa.) Behavioral Healthcare was purchased by Silas Realty Trust, a healthcare real estate company, for $10.5 million.

Lifestance Health CEO Kenneth Burdick earned $14.8 million in compensation in 2023. 

Psychiatry was among the medical specialties with the largest compensation growth rates in 2023, according to Doximity's annual physician compensation report published May 23. 

The newly-formed Youth Mental Health Corps aims to train thousands of mental health professionals. 

New legislation in Michigan will prevent insurers from imposing more restrictions on mental health and substance use services than medical services. 

Talkspace has named Ian Harris as CFO, and current CFO Jennifer Fulk will step down, according to a May 21 news release. 

Gesinger relocated its outpatient mental health services from its main hospital campus to a dedicated outpatient center.

Weeks after a Tennessee hospital nurse died in October, state investigators found multiple violations and a high risk of workplace violence at the facility, NBC affiliate WBIR reported May 20. 

Across the United States, millions of people are affected by mental illness each year. 

Since the national suicide and crisis lifeline transitioned from a 10-digit phone number to the three-digit 988 in July 2022, it has received more than 9.5 million calls.

A pilot program at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego (Calif.) led to a reduction of depression and anxiety symptoms among patients. 

Mental health medical claims rose 83% from 2019 to 2023, according to a report from LexisNexis Risk Solutions. 

Mergers and acquisitions in the behavioral health space hit their highest level in more than a year in the first quarter of 2024, according to a May 16 report from Mertz Taggart.

California will make $3.3 billion in funding for mental health treatment sites available months ahead of schedule. 

Mental health disparities could cost the U.S. a total of $14 trillion by 2040, according to an analysis from the Deloitte Health Equity Institute and the School of Global Health at Nashville, Tenn.-based Meharry Medical College. 

University of Washington Medicine opened a 150-bed, $244 million behavioral health facility in Seattle.