A recent study found suicide risk in youth is linked to how they use technology. The study, published June 18 in JAMA Network, analyzed data from 4,285 adolescents using the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (2016-2022). Children were followed between…
Author: Mariah Taylor
Discharge planning can be challenging for all hospitals, but for those coordinating behavioral health patients, it can be especially difficult. Leaders told Becker’s that behavioral health patients often face worse barriers to aftercare than traditional medical patients. Some patients need…
The Medical University of South Carolina launched a mobile van to provide transcranial magnetic stimulation to patients in rural communities, The Post and Courier reported June 16. TMS can be an effective treatment for patients with drug-resistant depression, MUSC physicians…
Salem-based Oregon State Hospital is accused of coaching hospital staff on how to respond to CMS surveyors and returning to previous practices after submitting a corrections plan, the Statesman Journal reported June 11. Here are nine things to know: 1.…
In January 2024, New Orleans-based Ochsner Health launched its first ADHD clinic. A year later, it’s already improving patient care, wait times and provider confidence. The clinic was created in response to a surge of interest in adult ADHD assessment…
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The number of U.S. counties at high risk of maternal mental-health disorders rose from 700 in 2023 to 796 in 2025, and counties with “severe” risk nearly tripled from 24 to 92, according to a Policy Center for Maternal Mental…
Vail (Colo.) Health opened the first inpatient behavioral health facility between Denver and Salt Lake City, The Daily Sentinel reported June 2. The Precourt Health Center opened May 5 and has 28 beds to serve adults and adolescents experiencing acute…
Phoenix-based Valleywise Health is reopening a 24-bed mental health unit at its behavioral health hospital in Maryvale, Ariz., KJZZ reported May 26. The hospital had previously closed three wings due to labor shortages. The health system has since recruited enough…
Oakland, Calif.-based Alameda Health System was granted more than $77 million to expand behavioral health services at two hospitals. Grant funds will be used to build a 10-bed inpatient medical detox and psychiatric care unit at San Leandro Hospital and…
Some states are making incremental progress in overall maternal mental health, but no state has received a grade of “A” yet, according to a May 14 Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health report. To issue the 2025 Maternal Mental Health…