Author: Ella Ruder

GLP-1 receptor agonists are gaining traction in addiction treatment, though the lack of FDA approval and long-term data continues to limit widespread adoption, Mo Sarhan, MD, medical director of addiction medicine for Delray Beach, Fla.-based Caron Treatment Centers, told Becker’s.…

Phoenix-based Grand Canyon University will graduate 6,344 students in behavioral health fields in the 2025-26 academic year, part of a class of 33,251 students.  The graduates are entering fields such as counseling, social work and related disciplines amid growing demand…

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Recovery Unplugged Behavioral Health expanded its virtual intensive outpatient program to patients in Pennsylvania.  The program provides access to licensed clinical care, group therapy and individualized treatment planning for patients experiencing substance use disorders and co-occurring mental…

About 2.8% of U.S. residents ages 12 and older — roughly 8 million people — reported past-year psilocybin use, according to a study published April 21 in The American Journal of Psychiatry. The drug is a hallucinogenic compound found in…

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health and Los Angeles-based Amae Health are collaborating to expand outpatient care for severe mental illness in Charlotte, N.C..  The partnership will bring Amae’s outpatient care model for severe mental illness — which integrates psychiatry, therapy, primary…

Monrovia, Calif.-based Autism Learning Partners has closed its New York Medicaid panels for new Medicaid and Child Health Plus patients, effective April 17.  The move follows two reimbursement cuts for applied behavior analysis services: a 12.5% reduction that took effect…

More than two-thirds — 68% — of substance use and mental health treatment facilities reported using only an EHR with no paper charts, while 25% used a mix of digital and paper records, according to an April report from the…

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health is launching a behavioral health research initiative that will fund up to $139.4 million to develop new therapies.  The initiative, Evidence-Based Validation and Innovation for Rapid Therapeutics in Behavioral Health, will allocate at…

Dallas-based North Texas Behavioral Health Authority has reported a data breach affecting 285,086 individuals, The HIPAA Journal reported April 21.  The organization identified unauthorized activity in its systems around Oct. 15. An investigation found an unauthorized third party accessed its…

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and The Jed Foundation plan to combine into a single organization.  The combined entity, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention/The Jed Foundation, is expected to be completed by this fall, according to an April…