Newport News, Va.-based Riverside Health has appointed Jack Field as president of its Riverside Mental Health and Recovery Center in Hampton, Va., effective April 6. Mr. Fields succeeds Stacey Johnson, who was recently named president of Riverside Doctors’ Hospital Williamsburg…
Author: Ella Ruder
Texas leaders said the state will move forward with its own research program on ibogaine after no drugmaker met funding requirements. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows said the state had previously allocated $50 million for…
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Children’s Health and Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital have joined a national network focused on trauma and bereavement care. The designation is part of an initiative led by the Trauma and Grief Center at the Meadows Mental…
The American Society of Addiction Medicine has released a new volume of the ASAM Criteria establishing dedicated treatment standards and admission criteria for adolescents and transition-age youths with substance use disorder. “Adolescents and Transition-Aged Youth” is part of the fourth…
Three federal lawmakers have introduced the Child Suicide Preventon Act to address rising suicide rates among children and young adults. The legislation would provide funding for evidence-based training on youth suicide prevention for current and future healthcare professionals, according to…
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Missouri agencies are alerting residents to the growing presence of nitazenes, a class of synthetic opioids some of which are over five to 10 times more potent than fentanyl, increasingly detected statewide. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services,…
About two-thirds of mental health and substance use disorder treatment facilities, also known as “mixed” facilities, accepted older patients through Medicare, compared to 44% of SUD treatment-only facilities, creating access challenges for those who rely on the program, according to…
Austin, Texas-based Family Care Center has opened an outpatient behavioral health clinic in South Austin, marking its sixth location in the region. The clinic offers therapy, psychiatry, medication management and advanced treatment such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, according to a…
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill has signed legislation eliminating certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses, allowing some to independently provide primary and behavioral healthcare services. The law makes permanent the independent practice authority for qualifying advanced practice nurses as…
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services emphasized the role of community health workers and peer support specialists to expand behavioral health teams in care deserts in a February advisory from the agency. More than one-third of Americans live in…