The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health launched the Systems for Phenotypic Evaluation, Clinical Trajectories, Response, and Agency program Sept. 17. Here are four things to know: 1. SPECTRA will bring together biological, clinical, behavioral and real-world data with advanced…
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Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health held a Sept. 15 ribbon-cutting for its Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, and Healing (EmPATH) Unit. Located in the Hinshaw Towers, the unit has 24 treatment spaces divided evenly between pediatric and adult patients. The space…
A March report from Inseparable found nearly half of states were found to meet 25% or less of their estimated mental health workforce needs. Now, health systems are investing in new psychiatric residency programs as the shortage of mental health…
Behavioral healthcare M&A activity climbed in 2025, and transactions in 2026 suggest continuing activity across the sector. Deal volume rose more than 42% in 2025 with 104 publicly announced transactions, compared to 73 in 2024 and 83 in 2023. Here…
A 13-item Mental Wellness Tool detected common or severe mental disorders, substance use disorders and suicide risk among patients receiving psychiatric emergency department care at a New York City hospital, according to a Sept. 17 Medscape report. Existing mental health…
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Scientists from UCSF, UC San Diego and Stanford argued that psychedelic research needs better methods for keeping study participants and researchers unaware of who receives an experimental drug or placebo, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Sept. 16. More than 90%…
Eatontown, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health Institute for Prevention and Recovery’s Peer Recovery Program has grown from an emergency department initiative to a program integrated across all 12 RWJBarnabas Health acute care facilities over the last decade. The program launched in 2016…
Behavioral healthcare providers and systems are increasingly turning to partnerships with the goal of expanding access to mental health and substance use disorder services amid rising demand and workforce shortages. Here are nine to know: 1. Rutgers addiction center partners…
HHS awarded supplemental funding to Alabama, Kansas and West Virginia to strengthen the role of faith-based organizations and leaders in substance use prevention, according to a Sept. 15 news release from the agency. Here are four things to know: 1.…
U.S. News & World Report named 50 hospitals to its 2026-2027 Best Children’s Hospitals Pediatric & Adolescent Behavioral Health list. U.S. News evaluated 91 hospitals for their care of children and teens with mental and behavioral health conditions, including autism,…