The American Medical Association is calling on Congress to establish safeguards for AI chatbots used in mental healthcare, citing concerns about patient safety, misinformation and privacy risks. The association outlined four focus areas for lawmakers in letters sent to leaders…
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Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health will open the Intermountain Alta View Hospital Behavioral Health Center in Sandy, Utah, in June. The new center, located at Intermountain Alta View Hospital, will expand behavioral health services in the Salt Lake Valley, according…
Nearly 70% of U.S. adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 who needed treatment for substance use disorder in 2023 and 2024 did not receive it, according to KFF data derived from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services…
Behavioral health leaders are seeing a growing disconnect between how clinicians are trained and the realities they face in practice amid workforce shortages, rising patient acuity and operational pressures reshaping care delivery. Leaders told Becker’s that many clinicians enter the…
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has received a $20 million commitment from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to expand pediatric behavioral health services in Nevada. The funding will support a pediatric behavioral healthcare model focused on…
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As healthcare organizations continue grappling with workplace violence, staffing shortages and burnout across behavioral health settings, leaders are increasingly focused on creating safer environments for both patients and caregivers. Sarah Hollins, director of behavioral health services at WVU Medicine Camden…
Behavioral health emergency department visits are projected to increase by 1 million over the next decade, with adult visits expected to grow 12% and pediatric visits projected to rise 7% — outpacing physical health ED growth, according to an Sg2…
The Independent Autism Coordinating Committee added seven members to its roster and scheduled its next public meeting for July 23 amid concerns about the federal government’s newly appointed members to a key advisory panel. The committee coordinates work among nongovernmental…
Federal prosecutors arraigned Danish researcher Poul Thorsen on wire fraud and money laundering charges tied to the alleged theft of CDC grant money for autism research after his extradition from Germany. Here are three things to know: