As health systems across the country wrestle with surging behavioral health demand and a shortage of specialized infrastructure, Oceans Healthcare is betting that partnership is the answer. The Plano, Texas-based system has been building a joint venture model with health…
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GLP-1 receptor agonist use was associated with a 75% reduction in the odds of any substance use disorder among adults with Type 2 diabetes or obesity compared with non-user participants, according to a study published in Frontiers on March 9. …
The Drug Enforcement Administration issued a final rule that codifies sweeping changes to how practitioners can prescribe and administer medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, effective July 9. Here are seven things to know: 1. The DEA formally removed the…
Colorado youth treatment centers generated 1,154 calls to the state child abuse hotline over the past five years, but about 92% of those reports were ‘screened out’ by county child welfare officials — meaning county human services departments determined the…
A Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine intervention increased the likelihood that emergency department patients with alcohol use disorder would receive naltrexone prescriptions by 15-fold, according to a study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine…
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Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is launching a dedicated inpatient program for pregnant patients with substance use disorders, with plans to double patient capacity within the program’s first year. The health system said the program is the…
A communication method that remains controversial among researchers is gaining visibility in federal autism policy discussions after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed advocates of assisted spelling to a federal autism panel, KFF reported June 8. Assisted spelling is…
Psychiatry residency programs received more than 130,000 views on FREIDA in 2025, according to rankings based on medical student activity from Jan. 1. through Dec. 31. FREIDA, the American Medical Association’s fellowship and residency database, includes more than 13,000 residency…
Maine has the highest concentration of mental health and substance abuse social workers in the U.S., with 131.46 workers per 100,000 residents, according to Becker’s analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data and 2025 U.S. population estimates from the…
New York state opened the Kate Rothko Center for Recovery, a newly constructed $32 million residential addiction treatment facility, with New York City-based Odyssey House operating the center. The three-story, 22,500-square-foot facility houses 60 beds and will serve adult men…