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Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., has launched the Behavioral Health Clinical Service Center.

The Kansas City Royals, a Major League Baseball team, has hired Melissa Lambert as its first on-field mental health director, the MLB reported March 26. 

Johnson County in Iowa has created a new specialty court dedicated to mental health, The Daily Iowan reported March 27. 

Colorado is creating new mental health initiatives using money it's paying in fines for the long wait list for jail mental health services, NBC affiliate 9News reported March 27. 

Castle Connolly recognized 88 female psychiatrists for their achievements in medicine on this year's "Exceptional Women in Medicine" list.

Norman (Okla.) Regional Health System has partnered with Plano, Texas-based Oceans Healthcare, a behavioral health provider system, to construct a new behavioral health center, The Norman Transcript reported March 25. 

Dawn Cottingham-Frohna has been named commissioner of West Virginia's Department of Health and Human Resources' Bureau for Behavioral Health, effective immediately. 

Becker's Healthcare named 150 companies to its 2023 list of the top places to work in healthcare, and the following nine have placed particular emphasis on their employees' mental health.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed into law a bill that allows nurse practitioners to practice without holding contracts with physicians, according to a March 16 American Association of Nurse Practitioners news release.

The most stressed states in America skew southern, while the opposite is true of the least stressed states, according to a WalletHub analysis.