Author: Rylee Wilson

The cost for brand-name Prozac dropped over 20% in the first weeks of 2024, but the price of most other antidepressants went up, according to data from 46brooklyn Research. 

States, cities and schools are investing in free telehealth services for teenagers and young people. 

CMS will introduce a new model designed to integrate behavioral and physical healthcare with health-related social needs in Medicare and Medicaid. 

Past and Current Status Later this year the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will decide whether MDMA, the drug commonly known as "ecstasy," is a medicine.

North Carolina will implement a new statewide Medicaid plan in 2024 designed to integrate behavioral and physical health services for children. 

Prescriptions of asthma drug montelukast remain high despite warnings from the FDA about psychiatric side effects, The New York Times reported Jan. 9. 

Vita Health, a startup providing care management for suicide prevention, raised $22.5 million in series A funding. 

Mariottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours has opened a new partial hospitalization program for teenagers at St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond, Va., the Richmond Times Dispatch reported Jan. 12. 

CMS proposed new behavioral network adequacy standards for Medicare Advantage plans, but some groups are concerned there aren't enough providers to meet them. 

Prescriptions for stimulant and non-stimulant ADHD treatments surged during the COVID-19 pandemic even as use of other psychiatric medications stayed relatively flat, a study published Jan. 10 in JAMA Psychiatry found.