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Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky has signed a bill into law that will increase funds for mental health services for law enforcement, CBS affiliate WKYT reported April 6. 

Virtual behavioral health startup AptiHealth raised $10.8 million in its most recent funding round, according to an April 5 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Former California physician Thomas Keller was sentenced to 30 months in prison for illegally prescribing Schedule II and IV controlled substances leading to the overdose death of a 17-year-old patient, the Justice Department said April 7.

UC San Diego has launched a mobile mental health crisis team to address the mental health needs of students at the university.

Threshold Rehabilitation Services opened a new residential mental health facility in Wernersville, Pa.

The following are universities that have received funding to train mental health professionals through the U.S. Department of Education's Mental Health Service Professionals Demonstration Program that Becker's has reported on:

Athens, W.Va.-based Concord University will use $5 million in federal funding for its programs that train mental health workers, WVPB reported April 6. 

The Point32Health Foundation and MCD Global Health have joined together to create a teletherapy program for elementary, middle and high school students in Maine. 

A new bill in Massachusetts would allow judges to order mentally ill individuals to outpatient care following release from a healthcare facility, ABC News reported April 5. 

A total of 2,143 medical school graduates matched into psychiatry residency programs in 2023 — up from 2,030 in 2022, according to data from the National Resident Matching Program.