Author: Ella Ruder

Addiction medicine physicians and other healthcare professionals will meet with lawmakers to advocate for expanded access to opioid use disorder treatment and residential care for older adults.  Attendees will urge Congress to reintroduce and co-sponsor the Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access…

A new poll from Hopelab and Data for Progress could shed light on how younger generations understand and experience mental health — and what they say older generations are getting wrong.  The survey, released Sept. 16, polled 1,305 individuals ages…

Harm reduction setbacks — including syringe shortages and the closure of a major needle exchange — have fueled Maine’s largest HIV outbreak, concentrated in Penobscot County. The county, home to Bangor, has recorded 28 new cases over two years, about…

Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare will shut down one of its residential eating disorder treatment facilities in Durham, N.C., according to a Sept. 11 WARN filing.  The North Carolina Department of Commerce report indicated Carolina House Homestead & Cottage will close…

A survey of U.S. adults with employer-sponsored health insurance found that individuals with mental health needs are far more likely to encounter obstacles when trying to access medical care, according to a Sept. 15 Axios report.  The findings come from…

GLP-1 receptor agonists — drugs first developed for diabetes and weight-loss — are showing potential to reshape withdrawal management for substance use disorders. At Wernersville, Pa.-based Caron Treatment Centers, Adam Scioli, MD, chief medical officer, said the medications are showing…

Unmind, a workplace mental health platform, has received a $26 million investment from Phoenix-based Trinity Capital.  The platform delivers mental health support through an AI-powered system, combining therapy, coaching, crisis care, well-being progress tracking and proactive guidance, according to a…

Government officials of San Joaquin County, Calif., and other executives have broken ground on the SJ BeWell Campus, an estimated $261 million behavioral health campus in French Camp, Calif., according to a Sept. 10 San Joaquin County news release.  The…

Chicago-based Array Behavioral Care, a virtual behavioral health provider, has launched Array OnDemand+, an acute behavioral health model.  The model aims to support emergency departments, inpatient units and crisis stabilization spaces by pairing independently licensed, master’s-level clinicians with board-certified psychiatrists,…

Bozeman (Mont.) Health has opened a new adult inpatient psychiatric unit at Deaconess Regional Medical Center, with the first patient day scheduled for Sept. 16. The unit is designed to serve up to 14 adult patients in a secure, therapeutic…