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…
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paton 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…
Children’s Mercy, based in Kansas City, Mo., has raised $150 million to address the pediatric mental health crisis across the region. The five-year Illuminate initiative, launched in summer 2023, focuses on facilitating early intervention, increasing specialty services, investing in research…
The New York City Health Department will receive $20 million investment over three years from the city’s budget to expand perinatal and early childhood mental health resources under the Strong Foundations initiative. The funding aims to expand capacity at the…
University of California Los Angeles Health has received a $100 million gift from Steward and Lynda Resnick to expand behavioral healthcare services and support completion of its neuropsychiatric hospital and comprehensive mental health campus. The hospital and outpatient clinic complex…
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Talkiatry today announced $210 million in Series D financing to support the next phase of growth for its nationally scaled, full-stack psychiatry provider. The oversubscribed round was led by Perceptive Advisors, with participation from Sofina and prior lead investors Andreessen…
Baxter Health in Mountain Home, Ark., has launched an evidence-based dementia doll therapy program through its geriatric behavioral health unit, becoming the first hospital in the state to offer the tool. The program launched in partnership with the Grand Baby…
Boston Children’s Hospital is developing a $640 million pediatric psychiatric hospital on Franciscan Children’s campus in Boston following a $100 million donation — the largest in the hospital’s history — aimed at integrating mental health across pediatric medicine and eliminating…
The suicide rate per 100,000 veterans increased in 2023, rising from 13.7 to 13.9 for women and from 37.3 to 37.8 for men, according to the Department of Veteran Affairs’ “National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report.” The report, published Feb.…
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — widely regarded as the foundational text for mental health diagnosis — is set for a significant overhaul, NPR reported Jan. 28. The American Psychiatric Association outlined its vision for the next…