Northern Nevada Health System based in Reno has reopened two facilities Aug. 28 after evacuation orders related to the Hawk Fire prompted their closures. The emergency room at North Valleys, an extension of Northern Nevada Medical Center, resumed normal operations…
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New York City-based NYU Langone Health selected William Gordon Frankle, MD, to lead the Department of Psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He will take over as chair in September. Dr. Frankle most recently held three roles at NYU…
California claimed six of the 10 best US cities for sober living, while Texas filled all five of the bottom spots, according to a new study from Mandala Healing Center shared with Becker’s. The study ranked 70 major US cities…
Behavioral health-related emergency department visits among Capital Blue Cross members dropped 9% in 2025 versus the 2022 to 2024 average, according to an Aug. 17 report from the insurer. The improvement was even sharper for members who got care sooner…
HHS awarded $77 million in new grant funding for substance use prevention, treatment and recovery, community mental health, suicide prevention and crisis services. The awards included $22.2 million for substance use prevention, $23.6 million for substance use treatment and recovery,…
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Wildwood Recovery Center will open Sept. 28, 2026, in Clintwood, Va. The inpatient residential addiction and behavioral health treatment facility will have a 112-bed capacity, with seven separate 16-bed dormitory buildings across the campus, according to a news release shared…
The number of designated mental health professional shortage areas increased from 6,418 in 2024 to 6,807 as of Dec. 31, while the estimated number of practitioners needed to eliminate those shortages rose from about 6,200 to 6,800. In response to…
Health systems are increasingly turning to a workforce that doesn’t require a clinical license: individuals who have experienced a psychiatric disorder — such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression or substance use disorder — and have been trained to counsel or…
The Drug Enforcement Administration temporarily placed three 7-hydroxymitragynine-related substances in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, effective Aug. 26. The substances are mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15 and MGM-16. The temporary order remains effective until Aug. 26, 2028. DEA based the…
The Montana Psychiatric Association and Montana Association of Pediatric Psychiatrists filed complaints with the state over Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana’s reimbursement practices, NPR affiliate Montana Public Radio reported Aug. 24. The complaints allege Blue Cross is downcoding…