Author: Mariah Taylor

Lawrence, Ind.-based Options Behavioral Health System is facing 10 lawsuits from former patients and their families alleging the facility held them against their will. In addition, the system has been cited by state and federal authorities over patient care, WRTV…

Penn Medicine’s Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital opened a crisis walk-in center that provides immediate behavioral health assessments and treatments. The behavioral health center expects to serve 900 patients annually for interventional psychiatry and 10,000 patients through the walk-in center, both…

Eighty-two percent of psychiatrists said they believe happiness and balance is attainable in the profession, but the number of providers who said they are experiencing happiness is falling short, according to a March 7 Medscape report. The report surveyed 5,741…

Quincy, Mass.-based Ark Behavioral Health is permanently closing one of its Ohio locations and laying off 85 employees, according to a Feb. 11 WARN notice.

West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health has seen success with virtual behavioral health care.

A Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine study found that single-session interventions can significantly improve mental health outcomes for youth and adults.

The number of psychiatrists that submitted claims to Medicare Part B dropped in every state between 2014 and 2022, a recent study found.

Oceans Behavioral Hospital Lubbock (Texas) opened a partial hospitalization program for patients 18 and older, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported Feb. 3.

Nearly 55% of hospital bed stays for active-duty service members between 2019 and 2023 were for mental health disorders — more than every other affliction combined — according to a December Department of Defense Medical Surveillance Monthly Report.

Plano, Texas-based Oceans Healthcare, a provider of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services, is acquiring Haven Behavioral Healthcare.