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  1. UC San Diego doctor creates app for fentanyl overdose rescue

    University of California San Diego's Mark Greenberg, MD, has launched a new app to help prevent fentanyl overdoses, FOX affiliate KSWB reported Dec. 5. 
  2. Arizona addiction center adds 15 employees

    Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Soul Surgery, an integrative medicine addiction and mental health center, has hired 15 employees to its team in the past two months. 
  3. Dr. Joseph Garbely to lead Discovery Behavioral Health addiction center

    Los Alamitos, Calif.-based Discovery Behavioral Health appointed Joseph Garbely, DO, the medical director of its Brookdale Premier Addiction Recovery treatment center in Scotrun, Pa.

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  1. Cherry Health to place Narcan vending machines in Michigan

    Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Cherry Health, in partnership with addiction and sexual health services provider the Grand Rapids Red Project, will install Narcan vending machines at two locations to help prevent opioid overdose, MLive reported Dec. 6. 
  2. TCN Behavioral Health to build 40-unit apartment building

    Xenia, Ohio-based TCN Behavioral Health Services has been granted a land-use change in Fairborn, Ohio, to construct a 40-unit apartment building, Dayton Daily News reported Dec. 5. 
  3. Student mental health crisis worsening nationwide

    Mental health issues among students nationwide are surging, The Washington Post reported Dec. 5. 
  4. At-home mental health provider names COO, expands to Kentucky

    Aware Recovery Care, an at-home mental health treatment company based in Wallington, Conn., named Martha Mather its COO and expanded to Kentucky.

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  1. Construction underway on $200M+ psychiatric hospital in Dallas

    Ground has been broken on a new $200 million state psychiatric hospital in Dallas, Fox affiliate KDFW reported Dec. 5.
  2. Centene commits $7.9M to physical, mental health center in Uvalde

    Health coverage provider Centene and Austin, Texas-based Superior HealthPlan invested $7.9 million to build a community center in Uvalde, Texas, that will provide primary care, behavioral health and other specialty care services.
  3. 10 states with the least accessible mental healthcare

    Texas has the least accessible mental healthcare services, according to a report by Mental Health America.
  4. 6 recent mental health company expansions, acquisitions, mergers

    Here are six acquisitions, expansions and mergers among mental health companies reported on by Becker's since Nov. 28:

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  1. Bright Harbor Healthcare adds COO

    Kathy Greene, a licensed clinical social worker, was named the inaugural chief operations officer at Bayville, N.J.-based behavioral health treatment provider Bright Harbor Healthcare.
  2. What 2.3M+ AHA members need from legislators to improve mental healthcare

    Members of the American Hospital Association sent a letter to Congress on Dec. 1 that outlined its eight priorities to improve behavioral healthcare in the U.S. for patients and providers.
  3. Newport Healthcare acquires 9-clinic mental health network

    National adolescent mental health treatment provider Newport Healthcare acquired Brooklyn Park, Minn.-based PrairieCare, a mental health service provider with nine practices.
  4. National mental health hotline back up after widespread outages

    The national 988 suicide and crisis lifeline is back up and running after a widespread outage at Intrado, the telecommunications company that runs the hotline, according to a Dec. 2 report from ABC News.
  5. Oregon health center awarded $50K for school-based medical, mental health services

    Bend, Ore.-based Mosaic Medical has been gifted $50,000 from the Oregon Community Foundation to create a new school-based health center at Mountain View High School, also in Bend, KTVZ reported Nov. 30. 
  6. NHL's Pat Maroon makes $2K donation to mental health organization following announcer comments

    Tampa Bay (Fla.) Lightning forward Pat Maroon made a $2,000 donation to Tampa Bay Thrives, a mental wellness organization, on behalf of NESN's Jack Edwards in response to the announcer's comments on his weight, CBS Boston reported Nov. 30. 
  7. 14 new mental healthcare facilities worth $245M+ in November

    Here are 14 newly opened or announced mental health facilities reported on by Becker's since Nov. 10:
  8. Kipu Health launches platform to connect mental health companies, systems

    Mental health technology company Kipu Health launched a platform for providers to manage all of their technology systems in one place.
  9. Acadia Healthcare, Lutheran Health joint venture opens in Indiana

    Acadia Healthcare and Indiana-based acute behavioral health provider Lutheran Health Network opened a new mental health facility in Fort Wayne, Ind.

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