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Birmingham-based Children’s of Alabama has expanded its behavioral health and de-escalation training strategy as demand for mental health services has risen during and since the pandemic.  In response, the hospital adopted a layered education approach built around online courses from…

When asked how they navigate policy swings, reimbursement challenges and rapid innovation, behavioral health leaders voiced a common thread: stay anchored to mission, protect access and build systems resilient enough to withstand change.  Like what you see here? Join us…

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services is expecting to see a $35 million pre-tax earnings headwind in 2026 from the implementation of California’s emergency staffing regulations for freestanding psychiatric hospitals.  The regulation is slated to take effect June 1.…

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas has partnered with Clark County to open a crisis stabilization center.  The outpatient facility is the first and only in southern Nevada serving individuals 18 years or older who are experiencing…

More than 1 in 5 disaster survivors develop a mental health condition, and symptoms may surface as much as a decade later, according to a review published in the Harvard Review of Psychiatry.  The study, led by Michel Dückers, PhD,…

University of California Los Angeles Health has received a $100 million gift from Steward and Lynda Resnick to expand behavioral healthcare services and support completion of its neuropsychiatric hospital and comprehensive mental health campus.  The hospital and outpatient clinic complex…

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn., said it has implemented a systemwide behavioral health model that reduced behavioral health boarding admissions by 78% and shortened patients’ length of stay by more than 50%.  The hospital credited…

Health systems are investing in interventional psychiatry programs as demand for treatment-resistant depression therapies rises and payer policies evolve.  In 2021, an estimated 8.9 million U.S. adults were treated for major depressive disorder each year, and about 2.8 million —…

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services recorded a net income of $1.5 billion in 2025, up from $1.1 billion in 2024, according to its Feb. 25 financial report.  Eight things to know:  1. The for-profit system reported an operating…

Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare reported a fourth-quarter net loss attributable to Acadia of $13.02 per diluted share after recording a $996.2 million non-cash goodwill impairment charge, the company said in its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results.  Here are five things…