Author: Mariah Taylor

A recent analysis found six reasons why physicians do not adopt evidence-based treatment options for addiction.

In the first two years, 988 has fielded more than 10 million calls, texts and chat messages, The New York Times reported July 16.

The Maryland Department of Health plans to terminate its agreement with the Treatment Research Unit at Spring Grove Hospital Center in a move that some worry could reduce schizophrenia treatment options at the center, The Baltimore Sun reported July 1.

Mercy Health-Springfield (Ohio) Regional Medical Center reduced emergency department lengths of stay for behavioral health patients by 64% thanks to a collaboration with a healthcare consulting firm.

Salem-based Oregon State Hospital has received a second immediate jeopardy warning this year after the death of a patient, the Oregon Capital Chronicle reported June 6.

Southaven, Miss.-based Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto is facing criticism for transferring some psychiatric patients to jail to wait for evaluation and treatment, ProPublica reported May 28.

Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health was selected as the new clinical contractor for Hampstead (N.H.) Hospital and Residential Treatment Facility.

Tampa General Hospital and the University of South Florida, both based in Tampa, partnered on one of the first behavioral health teaching hospitals in Florida.

Salem-based Oregon State Hospital again has been cited with immediate jeopardy, this time over disorganized medical supplies that could delay lifesaving treatment for a patient in an emergency, The Lund Report reported April 29.

The FDA cleared the first prescription digital therapeutic app for major depressive disorder.