Austintown, Ohio-based Comprehensive Behavioral Health shut its offices Oct. 2, affecting about 7,000 clients served through branches in Austintown, Boardman, East Liverpool, Steubenville, Alliance, Howland and Salem, 21 News reported Oct. 2. Executive Director Ebonie Bourgoin told 21 News that…
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From a 292-bed state-funded psychiatric hospital in Texas to New Mexico’s only children’s emergency psychiatric unit, hospitals and health systems are expanding behavioral health access as demand continues to grow, representing more than $730 million in investment. Here are 51…
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline has brought back specialized crisis support for LGBTQ+ youth through its “Press 3” option, with the service available again starting Sept. 30, the Los Angeles Times reported Oct. 1. Launched in 2022 in partnership…
Hampton, Va.-based Riverside Mental Health and Recovery Center’s psychiatric emergency department has cut the average time patients spend in an emergency room from more than 10 hours to about six hours and 20 minutes, WHRO reported Oct. 2. The department…
Patients with chronic, complex conditions that are difficult to diagnose can face another challenge in the healthcare system: having their symptoms minimized, misattributed or invalidated by clinicians, according to an Oct. 1 article in the American Psychological Association’s Monitor on…
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A $10 million grant from Bank of America will support Boston Children’s Hospital’s plans for a pediatric behavioral health campus in Brighton, Mass. Boston Children’s will develop the space on the campus of Franciscan Children’s, which became part of the…
The prevalence of benzodiazepine dispensing in the U.S. fell 26.7% from 2013 to 2024, with the largest relative decline among adults ages 18-29, according to a study published Sept. 30 in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Researchers from Rutgers University…
Suicide became the 10th-leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2024, up from No. 11 in 2023, according to final mortality data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Suicide deaths fell 1% over the same period, from…
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights issued guidance Sept. 30 on how state Medicaid agencies may use substance use disorder patient records protected under 42 CFR part 2 to verify exclusions from the Medicaid community engagement requirement. Federal law generally requires…
The Senate HELP Committee advanced Timothy Westlake, MD, President Donald Trump’s nominee for assistant secretary for mental health and substance use at HHS, in a 12-11 party-line vote. The nomination will now move to the full Senate for a final…