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,…
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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…
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Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health is bringing its psychiatric and behavioral health programs together under one systemwide brand, Penn State Health Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. The transition includes inpatient and outpatient programs formerly operated by Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, according to…
Workers at Rogers Behavioral Health facilities in West Allis and Madison, Wis., voted to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers amid pushback from the provider. There are approximately 63 workers in West Allis and 33 in West Madison who…
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has committed $255 million to New York City-based Vibrant Emotional Health to support the operation of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Here are four things to know:
As 988 call volumes continue to rise, Nashville, Tenn.-based Centerstone is investing in its “three-legged stool” approach — workforce training, quality improvement and clinical support — to prepare staff for increasingly high-acuity and socially complex calls. Centerstone operates 988 lifeline…
As behavioral health systems move beyond the immediate post-pandemic push to expand care access, leaders across the industry are increasingly asking a more complex question: What does high-quality behavioral healthcare look like? For Omar Fattal, MD, system chief of behavioral…