Author: Rylee Wilson

A pilot program at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego (Calif.) led to a reduction of depression and anxiety symptoms among patients. 

Mental health medical claims rose 83% from 2019 to 2023, according to a report from LexisNexis Risk Solutions. 

Mergers and acquisitions in the behavioral health space hit their highest level in more than a year in the first quarter of 2024, according to a May 16 report from Mertz Taggart.

California will make $3.3 billion in funding for mental health treatment sites available months ahead of schedule. 

Mental health disparities could cost the U.S. a total of $14 trillion by 2040, according to an analysis from the Deloitte Health Equity Institute and the School of Global Health at Nashville, Tenn.-based Meharry Medical College. 

University of Washington Medicine opened a 150-bed, $244 million behavioral health facility in Seattle. 

Few states received a passing grade on maternal mental health in the latest ranking from George Washington University the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health. 

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network and King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services will open a 144-bed behavioral hospital in Hanover Township, Pa. 

Rhode Island officials kept children in a behavioral hospital designed for short stays for weeks or months at a time, rather than move them to more appropriate care settings, the Justice Department alleged. 

UnitedHealthcare will pay Minnesota $450,000 to settle allegations it violated mental health parity laws.