Author: Mariah Taylor

Psychologists and psychiatrists working at Department of Veterans Affairs clinics said they have been forced to work in “call-center like conditions” after a decision from President Trump rescinded remote work arrangements, The New York Times reported May 4.  Here’s seven…

Salem-based Oregon State Hospital released a 30-day stabilization plan that aims to improve patient safety after receiving its fourth immediate jeopardy citation in 16 months, the Statesman Journal reported April 30. The plan was requested by Gov. Tina Kotek and…

Nearly 10% of adults diagnosed with substance use disorder were hospitalized in the past year, but most did not receive any form of medication treatment while in the hospital, a recent study found. Published April 1 in Annals of Internal…

A total of 271 psychiatric facilities used zero hours of physical restraint, and 470 facilities used zero hours of sedation, according to CMS data. CMS’ Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Measure Data-by Facility database tracks quality measures including restraints, tobacco and…

California is the state where psychiatrists are paid the most, and California and Nevada are the states where psychologists are paid the most, according to Bureau of Labor statistics data.  The data was released April 18 and is up to…

New Mexico has the highest rate of drug use while Idaho has the lowest, according to a WalletHub report published April 30. WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 20 metrics in three categories: drug use…

Four cities tied for the highest suicide rate in the U.S. and two cities in New Jersey had the lowest suicide rates, according to financial website WalletHub.  The data is part of WalletHub’s research in ranking the “Happiest Cities in…

Idaho has the highest number of people per psychiatrist at 13,709, while the District of Columbia has the lowest at 1,442, according to industry data collected by the Kaiser Family Foundation and population figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. Becker’s…

Behavioral health needs are rising, and systems are getting creative in how they remove barriers to care. “One of the biggest challenges in U.S. mental health care is that we don’t really have a unified mental health system,” Katharine Dalke,…

Salem-based Oregon State Hospital has been placed in immediate jeopardy after another patient’s death, OregonLive reported April 2. On March 18, a patient in seclusion fell and became unconscious, later dying. Investigators from both CMS and The Joint Commission filed…