In the past two years, Aurora-based Children’s Hospital Colorado has seen a 20% increase in emergency department visits related to mental health during the month of April, according to an April 15 report from Fox affiliate KXRM. The hospital cared…
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Chicago-based Saint Anthony Hospital is launching outpatient mental health services for adult patients and expanding walk-in appointments for children. Beginning April 14, the hospital will open outpatient services for adult patients to improve daily functioning, develop coping strategies and enhance…
Optum/United Healthcare/United Behavioral Health has updated its clinical policy to allow psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners in 26 states and the District of Columbia to order, supervise and administer transcranial magnetic stimulation. Previously, TMS was only ordered and administered by…
The American Dental Association has updated patient health history forms to include a mental health screening question and a prompt about GLP-1 receptor agonists. The ADA Council on Dental Practice approved the changes in January, according to a March 24…
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services has opened a pediatric behavioral health center in Gaines Township, Mich., featuring a pediatric psychiatric urgent care center — the first of its kind in the state, NBC affiliate WOOD reported…
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The American Psychiatric Association is exploring how biological markers could be incorporated into future editions of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, potentially shifting how mental illnesses are diagnosed and treated, KFF Health News reported March 17. Mental…
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has updated its statewide online mental health bed registry to provide hourly updates and integrate the system with the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. The Behavioral Health Statewide Central Availability Navigator,…
Nearly half of U.S. healthcare workers reported frequent burnout, according to a March 12 Government Accountability Office report reviewing federal mental health grant programs from 2022 through 2024. The report cites 2022 survey data showing 46% of healthcare workers reported…
San Diego-based Alter Behavioral Health has opened a 32-bed residential mental health facility in the city. The facility is designed to provide long-term residential mental health treatment in a community-oriented environment for individuals experiencing depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and co-occurring…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued a legal opinion stating that a Texas state law banning gender-affirming medical care for minors applies to mental healthcare providers licensed by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. The opinion finds that the…