Author: Staff

Atlanta-based outpatient mental health platform Hightop Health has acquired Austin-based Roots Behavioral Health.

A new crisis center has opened in Danville, Va., CBS affiliate WDBJ reported Feb. 20.

Commissioners in Clark County in Nevada have approved the purchase of a 17,000-square-foot medical office and behavioral health facility, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Feb. 20.

A proposed bill in Nebraska is looking to redirect funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to support behavioral health students and professionals across the state.

The District of Columbia has the most psychiatrists per capita, while Idaho has the fewest, according to January data from KFF.

The state of Maryland is distributing roughly $111 million in behavioral health grants as part of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education reform plan, Maryland Matters reported Feb. 20.

Bridgehaven Mental Health Services in Louisville, Ky., has added a new program for deaf and hard-of-hearing patients, the Louisville Courier Journal reported Feb. 20.

Psychiatry is among the 10 most depressed physician specialties, according to a study led by researchers from Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford University School of Medicine.

The Joint Commission has named five behavioral patient safety goals for 2024.

Here is the average annual pay for psychiatrists in each state, according to the most recently available data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, released April 25, 2023: