Author: Rylee Wilson

Ochsner Lafayette General and Oceans Healthcare have started construction on a joint venture behavioral hospital. 

President Donald Trump is directing HHS to investigate potential threats posed by the prescription of psychiatric medications to children. 

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has declared fentanyl use a state of emergency in the city, a move designed to speed up the availability of behavioral health services. 

Generations Healthcare, a skilled nursing and behavioral health provider, has opened its first substance use disorder treatment facility. 

Birmingham, Ala.-based Bradford Health Services has broken ground on a 100-bed substance use treatment facility in Southhaven, Miss. 

Pediatricians are increasingly being called on to handle behavioral health needs — a task they don't always relish, according to Natalie Schneider. 

Rockford, Ill.-based Rosecrance Behavioral Health and LaSalle, Ill.-based North Central Behavioral Health Systems have inked an affiliation agreement. 

Several new behavioral health crisis centers, inpatient units and outpatient clinics have opened in recent weeks. 

Telehealth is popular when it comes to mental healthcare, but families are asking for in-person options for their children's care, according to Naomi Allen, CEO of Brightline. 

Nautic Partners, a private equity firm, has acquired Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Proud Moments ABA.