From a 292-bed state-funded psychiatric hospital in Texas to New Mexico’s only children’s emergency psychiatric unit, hospitals and health systems are expanding behavioral health access as demand continues to grow. Here are 64 behavioral health projects to know:
Investment & Transactions
Health systems across the U.S. are turning to large-scale philanthropic gifts, state funding and internal capital investments to address rising demand for pediatric behavioral healthcare. The funding is supporting expanded inpatient capacity and the development of integrated campuses aimed at…
Houston-based PsychPlus has acquired Precision Psychiatric Services, a California psychiatric group, adding more than 100 psychiatrists to its clinical network. PsychPlus announced the deal Oct. 23. Financial terms were not disclosed. Precision, founded in 2018, is a physician-led organization with…
New York City-based NYU Langone Health opened a psychiatric emergency unit in Brooklyn, expanding its capacity to treat patients in behavioral health crises and connect them with hospital- and community-based care. The new Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program at NYU Langone…
Three health systems have each put nine figures behind behavioral health, and two of them already have results to show for it. The spending stretches across the full continuum of care: new inpatient beds, dedicated psychiatric emergency space, outpatient follow-up…
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Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health plans to invest $340 million over five years to expand behavioral health services, including a new behavioral health hospital. Six things to know: 1. The new hospital will be created by renovating an existing building in…
Behavioral healthcare M&A activity climbed in 2025, and transactions in 2026 suggest continuing activity across the sector. Deal volume rose more than 42% in 2025 with 104 publicly announced transactions, compared to 73 in 2024 and 83 in 2023. Here…
The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded $89.3 million through the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program to expand substance use disorder prevention, treatment and recovery services in rural communities. The funding will support rural communities in 45 states and one…
The Trump administration is investing $13 million to expand behavioral healthcare services in South Dakota, including the creation of a same-day 24/7 mobile crisis response service for residents with mental health and substance use needs. The funding includes 12 modernization…
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services opened Three Trails Behavioral Hospital, a 120-bed behavioral health facility in Independence, Mo. The 88,000-square-foot hospital will provide inpatient treatment, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs for children, adolescents, adults and seniors, according…