Becker’s Behavioral Health

Maimonides Medical Center is building a new psychiatric unit for adolescents at its Borough Park campus in New York City, according to an Oct. 27  report from Crain’s New York Business.  The 20-bed unit will increase the hospital’s inpatient psychiatric…

Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services will pay up to $850,000 to settle claims related to a December 2023 ransomware attack that compromised sensitive data, according to an Oct. 23 report from The HIPPA Journal.  The attack was identified Dec. 10,…

Mobile, Ala.-based AltaPointe has partnered with MyCare Technologies, the Mobile Police Department and Mobile Fire-Rescue to launch a six-month pilot program aimed at reducing non-emergency 911 calls among the top 50 high utilizers of emergency services. The initiative places iPads…

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare’s Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital has received an $8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a research center focused on psychiatric biotyping, according to an Oct. 27 report from the Hartford Courant. …

Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina has received more than $11 million from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to establish a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence focused on trauma resilience. The center will be known as the South…

An international panel of experts on women’s mental health is calling for postpartum psychosis to be classified as a distinct mental illness in medical coding systems, according to a consensus statement published Oct. 22 in Biology Psychiatry.  The panel, led…

Green Bay and La Crosse, Wis.-based Emplify Health and Milwaukee-based Marquette University have partnered on a pilot program to train and retain mental health counselors in Northeast Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.  The Resch Mental Health Initiative will support 25…

Behavioral health is at a crossroads: Demand for services is increasing, leading organizations to expand access — but it needs to be sustainable.  Stuart Archer, CEO of Plano, Texas-based Oceans Healthcare, told Becker’s sustainability should center around a discussion that…

Since 2019, Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic’s emergency department Bridge to Treatment program has redefined how the system connects patients with opioid use disorder to recovery resources.  Robert Trestman, MD, PhD, professor and chair of the department of psychiatry and behavioral…

New Mind Wellness, a Philadelphia-based behavioral health provider, has earned a Gold Seal of Approval for behavioral healthcare from The Joint Commission.  The recognition reflects the organization’s adherence to national standards for safety, quality and patient care as established by…