Becker’s Behavioral Health

As behavioral health volumes rise and emergency departments contend with unpredictable medical surges, leaders at WellSpan’s Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon, Pa., implemented flexible-use rooms in its emergency department that can convert between medical and behavioral healthcare.  “We’ve seen a…

Baton Rouge, La.-based Beacon Behavioral Partners has partnered with Carolina Psychiatry, a practice serving Anderson, Greenville, Seneca and Spartanburg, S.C.  The partnership aims to allow Carolina Psychiatry to “gain operational support to continue growing responsibly while preserving clinical autonomy,” Taral…

Talkiatry today announced $210 million in Series D financing to support the next phase of growth for its nationally scaled, full-stack psychiatry provider. The oversubscribed round was led by Perceptive Advisors, with participation from Sofina and prior lead investors Andreessen…

The first national behavioral health leadership collaborative within the Children’s Hospital Association has merged with a youth suicide prevention initiative to form a network of 30 hospitals focused on the advancement of pediatric behavioral health, Stacy Drury, MD, PhD, psychiatrist-in-chief…

Annual admissions to North Carolina state-run psychiatric facilities declined from 3,210 to 875 between fiscal year 2013 and 2025 — a 73% decrease — despite sustained need for care, North Carolina Health News reported Feb. 12.  Three state-run psychiatric hospitals…

The Sonoma County (Calif.) Board of Supervisors has awarded $12.4 million to support mental health and homelessness services across the county.  The approved funding includes $10 million from the county’s Measure O, a quarter-cent sales tax voters approved in 2020…

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System has installed a vending machine stocked with harm-reducing items at its BayCare Behavioral Health facility in Dade City, Fla., in partnership with the Florida Department of Health in Pasco County and the Alliance for Healthy…

The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services has finalized its purchase of a facility in Oklahoma City.  The site, previously owned by St. Louis-based SSM Health, will be renamed the Oklahoma City Behavioral Health Campus and is…

OU Health in Oklahoma City has hired Rasim Somer Diler, MD, to serve as clinical service chief of psychiatry and behavioral health and the Paul and Ruth Jonas Chair of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University…

Baxter Health in Mountain Home, Ark., has launched an evidence-based dementia doll therapy program through its geriatric behavioral health unit, becoming the first hospital in the state to offer the tool.  The program launched in partnership with the Grand Baby…