Today's Top 20 Stories
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Horizon Behavioral Health to open crisis center in Virginia
Horizon Behavioral Health has received local and state backing to open a crisis receiving center in Lynchburg, Va., ABC affiliate WSET reported Aug. 30. -
3 behavioral health employees arrested for leaving patient in Arizona park
Three employees of Valleywise Behavioral Health Center in Phoenix were arrested Aug. 25 for allegedly abusing a patient in their care, AZ Central reported Aug. 30. -
New behavioral health center to open in place of closed Illinois facility
Locust Street Resource Center is opening a new mental health facility in Jacksonville, Ill., WLDS reported Aug. 31.
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24/7 crisis center to open in Maryland
A 24-hour crisis care center is slated to open in September in Frederick, Md., Maryland Matters reported Aug. 31. -
Behavioral health clinician files whistleblower suit over inmate care
A former behavioral health clinician filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging she was fired after reporting allegations that inmates at Westmoreland County Prison, based in Greensburg, Pa., received insufficient mental healthcare, according to an Aug. 28 report from Trib Live. -
Rural mental health program expanding to all 102 Illinois counties
A program that provides more accessible mental healthcare to rural communities received funding to expand across the entirety of the state of Illinois, according to an Aug. 30 report from wfiwradio.com. -
UM Medicine creating vaccines to prevent opioid overdoses
UM Center for Translational Medicine, part of the Missoula-based University of Montana, is helping create vaccines to prevent fentanyl and heroin drug overdoses, which are approaching human trials, according to an Aug. 29 report from NBC Montana.
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10 behavioral health centers opening, expanding in 2 weeks
Here are 10 behavioral health centers opening or expanding that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 15: -
UNC Health to expand behavioral healthcare for students
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health is partnering with Bladen County schools in North Carolina to offer behavioral health services to students in the rural county. -
Compassion Behavioral Health opens addiction treatment center in Florida
Compassion Behavioral Health has opened a mental health and addiction treatment center in Hollywood, Fla. -
Ohio awards $5M in grants to expand crisis mental health care
The state of Ohio has awarded $5 million in grants to organizations improving access to crisis mental healthcare across southwest Ohio, Dayton Daily News reported Aug. 30.
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Google donates $250K for Ohio mental health facility
Google has donated $250,000 to support the opening of a new youth mental health facility in Grove City, Ohio, The Columbus Dispatch reported Aug. 30. -
$6.8M approved for behavioral health crisis center in Cleveland
The Ohio Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services approved a $6.8 million capital grant for the development of a behavioral health crisis center in the Central neighborhood of Cleveland. -
Lawmakers writing to Nebraska governor to address 'dangerous' psychiatric hospital
A state senator sent the Nebraska governor a letter urging him to address the assaults, equipment needs and mandatory overtime that result in unsafe conditions at the Lincoln Regional Center, according to an Aug. 28 report from Nebraska Examiner. -
Georgia county looks for taxpayer support of behavioral health center
The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners is asking taxpayers to contribute $15 million to fund the DeKalb County Regional Crisis Center in North Decatur, Ga., Georgia Public Broadcasting reported Aug. 28. -
Clear Recovery Center rebrands to Clear Behavioral Health
Behavioral health services Clear Recovery Center has rebranded to Clear Behavioral Health to better represent the comprehensive, full continuum of in-network behavioral health treatment it offers. -
14 US cities moving to non-police crisis response teams
Fourteen of the 20 most populous cities across the nation have moved toward implementing programs that send clinicians and paramedics to respond to nonviolent mental health crises instead of police officers, according to an Aug. 27 report from The Washington Post. -
$3M distributed across 8 Kentucky organizations to combat substance abuse
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services allocated a total of $3 million across eight organizations in Kentucky to fight the substance abuse "epidemic" in rural communities, according to an Aug. 23 report from Spectrum News 1. -
6 mental healthcare surveys and studies to know
Here are six surveys and studies on mental healthcare to know that Becker's reported on in July and August: -
Yale settles lawsuit alleging mental health discrimination against students
Yale University in New Haven, Conn., reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit that alleged the university discriminated against students with mental health disabilities, NBC News reported Aug. 26.
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