A monthly poll by the American Psychiatric Association found that 87 percent of respondents were "anxious or very anxious" about inflation and 50 percent were concerned about personal loss of income, both ranking higher than respondents reporting anxiety about gun…
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Legislators approved plans for a 200-bed, $237 million psychiatric hospital in Dallas County, Texas, but some area officials don't think it's enough to properly serve the area, Fox 4 News reported July 19.
The Texas Medical Board has suspended the medical license of Dallas-based psychiatrist David Henderson after his charges of two separate counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in March and April, Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported July 14.
A report from the Spokane (Wash.) Police Department's behavioral health unit shows that 80 percent of the people it contacted did not end up in jail or the hospital, The Spokesman-Review reported July 15.
Nicole Kasimatis, the owner of Quincy, Mass.-based Fortitude Counseling and Recovery Center, was sentenced to at least three years in prison after she pled guilty to fraudulent billing, the state attorney general's office said July 15.
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Below are Forbes' top five virtual psychiatry platforms, determined considering costs, conditions treated, quality of providers and more, published July 14.
The U.S. has seen a broad push for increased mental health resources since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but staffing and provider counts are still woefully inadequate in some places.
In the last two months, Becker's has reported on at least nine physicians who have come under fire for illegally prescribing, selling or distributing opioids and other addictive drugs, including one so prolific he called himself "El Chapo of Opioids."
Nevada HHS is using a $3.8 million grant to launch Virtual Crisis Care, a program providing law enforcement with 24/7 access to counselors when responding to mental health crisis calls, law enforcement news source Police1 reported July 7.
Pittsburgh-based Healthy Start, an organization treating pregnancy-related health issues, created the Moving Beyond Depression program to treat Black parents with prenatal and postpartum depression, Public Source reported July 11.