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Indiana University Health in Indianapolis has been gifted $500,000 to bolster its behavioral health resources at its Regional Academic Health Center in Bloomington, Ind., Indiana Daily Student reported March 30. 

California's Department of Health Care Access and Information is granting $151 million toward the state's mental health workforce. 

Former physician Jeffrey Campbell has been sentenced to eight years in prison for unlawful distribution of controlled substances, including opioids, along with healthcare fraud, the Justice Department reported March 30. 

Behavioral health is undergoing a broad awakening, with both leaders and the public increasingly seeing it as vital. The industry may fail to capture the full momentum of those tailwinds, however, if service bottlenecks and other key obstacles are not…

New legislation in Nebraska would implement a new payment framework for behavioral health and substance misuse providers, which could expand mental health services in the state, StarHerald reported March 29. 

Montana lawmakers have developed a plan of how to spend the $300 million Gov. Greg Gianforte pledged toward behavioral health, NBC affiliate KTVH reported March 29. 

Behavioral health is projected to be one of the fastest-growing areas in healthcare, by market value, over the next few years. Those projections may fall short, however, if provider shortages and other key obstacles aren't addressed.

U.S. Catholic bishops issued a guideline March 20 that encourages Catholic hospitals to not offer gender-affirming medical treatments. 

Artificial intelligence algorithms aimed at reducing suicide risk appear to work, even when they employ simpler methods, according to a report from Kaiser Permanente, the FDA and other institutions.

The International Council of Nurses declared nurse shortages a global health emergency, with 13 million nurses needing to be replaced globally in the coming years.