Geisinger and Acadia Healthcare have broken ground on a 96-bed hospital in Danville, Pa. 

The House Ways and Means Committee advanced legislation to extend pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities for two more years. 

Cara McNulty, DPA, CVS Health's president of mental health and well-being, plans to step down from her role. 

Former staff at Jacksonville, N.C.-based Brynn Marr Hospital alleged they were told to falsify patient records to maximize insurance reimbursements, NC Health News reported May 7. 

Texas will construct a $159 million inpatient mental health facility in Amarillo. 

The FDA's Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee will consider whether to recommend approval for a psychedelic treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. 

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration launched a funding opportunity that will invest up to $1.48 billion to U.S. states and $63 million to tribes to combat the substance use crisis. 

The United Health Foundation will provide $2.5 million to improve access to mental healthcare for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 

Hyper-awareness of mental health conditions could be harming kids' well-being, researchers said in a May 6 report from The New York Times report. 

Highland Clarksburg (W.Va.) Hospital unveiled a 20-bed voluntary behavioral health inpatient unit May 6, according to WVNews.

Psychological counseling is more effective for treating mental health conditions than medication, a majority of Americans surveyed in a new Gallup poll found. 

Acadia Healthcare plans to open 14 new comprehensive treatment centers in 2024. 

Despite a slow final quarter of 2023, investors expect mergers and acquisitions in the behavioral health sector to pick up in 2024. 

A 16-bed crisis stabilization unit in Fayetteville, Ark., has closed, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported April 29. 

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield will increase reimbursement rates for primary care providers who complete specialized mental health training. 

Penn State Health is searching for a new site for the Harrisburg-based Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute. 

Most Americans rate the U.S. healthcare system poorly when it comes to dealing with mental health, according to a poll from Gallup published May 1. 

New Mexico has the highest drug use of any state in the U.S., according to personal finance website WalletHub's "Drug Use by State" list for 2024.

Talkspace is launching an effort to connect patients to specialty mental healthcare. 

Salem-based Oregon State Hospital again has been cited with immediate jeopardy, this time over disorganized medical supplies that could delay lifesaving treatment for a patient in an emergency, The Lund Report reported April 29.