Hoisington, Kan.-based Clara Barton Medical Center partnered with Senior Life Solutions to offer outpatient behavioral health services for adults ages 65 and older in central Kansas. The program supports older adults experiencing depression, anxiety, grief and other emotional concerns, according…
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded $73.2 million to expand children’s mental health services, strengthen suicide prevention efforts and support assisted outpatient treatment programs for adults with serious mental illness. Here are three things to know: 1.…
The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) said nearly 146,000 Pennsylvania residents visited its online Treatment Atlas since Gov. Josh Shapiro took office. The tool is designed to help individuals compare substance use disorder treatment programs and connect…
One of Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment centers is facing scrutiny after The Marshall Project published an investigation July 30, 2026, into conditions at Fox Run Center for Children and Adolescents in St. Clairsville, Ohio. The report, based on police…
Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health is transitioning outpatient Chicago-based Geode Health, its joint venture partner focused on mental healthcare. “[The system] is not exiting behavioral health in Central Texas. We’re expanding it,” Baylor Scott & White said in a…
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is launching a clinical trial to evaluate whether semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist used to treat diabetes, can treat alcohol use disorder among veterans, according to a July 30 news release. The trial comes…
Psilocybin-assisted therapy was safe and associated with large reductions in post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among U.S. military veterans with severe, treatment-resistant PTSD, according to a study published July 30 in Communications Medicine. Researchers conducted an open-label pilot trial at The…
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Foundation Health Plan faces a complaint alleging it used an autonomous digital system to triage and refer behavioral health patients in Northern California without oversight from licensed clinicians. The complaint, submitted to the California Department of Managed…
Portland, Ore.-based Cedar Hills Hospital, owned by King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services, reduced its inpatient capacity from 98 beds to 64 beds and is laying off 45 employees, according to a July 28 report from The Lund Report.…
Connecticut hospitals are expanding behavioral health emergency services with new dedicated treatment units designed to reduce emergency department boarding and improve access to crisis care for adults and children, according to a July 29 report from the Hartford Courant. The…