Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia disclosed that one of its indirect subsidiaries was ordered to pay $105 million in damages in an employment-related lawsuit, according to a May 18 Securities and Exchange Commission filing. San Diego Health Alliance, doing business as Fashion…
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Oregon had the highest prevalence of any mental illness among states, while New Jersey had the lowest, according to KFF. The data comes from the 2023-2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health — the latest data available — and…
Utah had the highest prevalence of serious mental illness among states, while New Jersey had the lowest, according to KFF. The data comes from the 2023-2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health — the latest data available — and…
The Tucson-based University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and physician Steve Bierman, MD, have partnered to launch the Noetic Medicine Initiative. Noetic medicine is an emerging field focused on how communication, mental state and clinician-patient interactions may…
Leucovorin prescriptions for children with autism surged twenty-fourfold after remaining stable for two years, according to a research letter published May 18 in JAMA Network Open. The study analyzed EHR data from Epic Cosmos, which includes more than 300 million…
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Orlando (Fla.) Health held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new behavioral health hospital in Apopka, Fla. The 144-bed facility, set to open in June, is a Baker Act receiving hospital designed to provide behavioral health services for Central Florida residents,…
Montana is set to invest $1.2 million with aims to expand psychiatric residential bed capacity for youths experiencing serious emotional disturbances in the state. Here are four things to know:
The National Association of Social Workers is calling on policymakers to strengthen investment in the mental health workforce as demand for behavioral health services rises. The number of designated mental health professional shortage areas in the U.S. rose to 6,807…
Anxiety-related visits in pediatric primary care settings increased 300% between 2014 and 2023, according to a May 18 study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers from Boston University’s School of Public Health and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute in…
Healthfirst is launching a pediatric care model that embeds community health workers into pediatric primary care settings. The initiative will place community health workers in safety-net pediatric practices and federally qualified health centers to support developmental screenings, behavioral health services…