A Connecticut law that took effect July 1 expands eligibility for the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services’ psychedelic-assisted therapy pilot program at New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University. The pilot program was launched in 2022 through a partnership between…
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With the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline approaching its fourth anniversary and states expanding crisis response infrastructure, healthcare leaders are increasingly focused on building systems that can provide specialized care while easing pressure on hospitals, law enforcement and psychiatric facilities.…
In 2023, adults younger than 65 with employer-sponsored insurance who received inpatient mental health treatment were most often treated for depressive disorders, while nearly three-fourths of substance use treatment stays were for alcohol-related disorders, according to a KFF analysis. The…
Durango, Colo.-based Axis Health System will transition its regional crisis center to a walk-in crisis center on July 1. The change follows the June 30 closure of the center’s acute treatment unit. The walk-in crisis center will continue providing 24/7…
Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City secured a $17.25 million grant from the Aligning Research to Understand Autism initiative to advance research on profound autism, a condition affecting more…
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed House Bill 2635 and Senate Bill 430 into law, making kratom and 7-hydroxymitragynine, also known as 7-OH, Schedule I controlled substances effective July 1. The new law designates the substances as having a high potential…
Pediatric cannabis exposures jumped more than 6,000% among U.S. children younger than 6 between 2009 and 2024, according to a study published June 26 in the Journal of Addiction Medicine. Researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and…
Capitol Park Mental Health Hospital, a for-profit standalone psychiatric hospital in St. Paul, Minn., is facing reports of chronic understaffing and safety lapses less than a year after opening, The Minnesota Star Tribune reported June 30. The 144-bed psychiatric hospital,…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill June 29 that expands judicial discretion in the state’s mental health diversion program, changing the public safety standard courts apply when evaluating diversion requests. The law removes a legal standard that limited courts’…
Nebraska’s $25.5 million behavioral health workforce initiative supported more than 800 trainees, expanded rural telebehavioral health services and helped organizations recruit and retain clinicians, according to a study published June 24 in Psychiatric Services. Researchers at the University of Nebraska…