Illicit synthetic drugs are proliferating faster than ever, with new compounds reaching users before health agencies can identify or regulate them, according to an April 8 report from The New York Times. Here are five things to know, per the…
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Sacramento, Calif.-based WellSpace Health, a provider of medical, dental, behavioral health and supportive services, and Sacramento County have broken ground on a new community wellness campus in South Sacramento. The 13-acre campus will include a 24,700-square-foot, 32-bed mental health rehabilitation…
Long-term opioid therapy, defined as prescribed opioid use 90 days or longer, among U.S. patients declined from 5.6 million in 2015 to 4.2 million in 2023 — a 24.3% relative decrease, according to an April 8 research letter published in…
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Behavioral Health Services in Somerville, N.J., has been designated Somerset County’s provider of psychiatric emergency screening services. The hospital is part of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health. The designation enables the hospital to provide…
Mike Franz, MD, executive medical director of behavioral health at Cambia Health Solutions, told Becker’s affordability is top of mind in terms of national policy. There is data to back him up. The availability and affordability of healthcare rank among…
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Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based We Level Up Treatment Centers, a behavioral health and addiction treatment provider, has expanded its behavioral health facility in Houston, which will serve as a flagship location. The renovated campus spans 4.7 acres and includes a three-story,…
Salt Lake City-based University of Utah researchers outlined a framework for automation — defined as when machines perform tasks humans have previously done — in psychotherapy, identifying varying levels of AI involvement in care delivery. The framework categorizes automation into…
California state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, introduced a bill to allow survivors of conversion therapy to pursue malpractice claims against providers, according to a March 20 news release from his office. The lawmaker and LGBTQ advocacy groups began developing…
States that adopted Medicaid expansion between 2019 and 2023 saw a 21.1% relative increase in buprenorphine treatment rates — or 28.67 per 100,000 residents — to treat opioid disorder, according to a cross-sectional study published Feb. 18 in JAMA Network…
New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has opened a 104-bed Outposted Therapeutic Housing Unit at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. The unit is designed to treat people in custody with complex medical needs by relocating clinically vulnerable detainees from Rikers…