Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger has opened a new $49 million behavioral health center, a move that aims to keep children and families in the community while reshaping rural mental healthcare access, Vice President of Behavioral Health Dawn Zieger told Becker’s. Geisinger…
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Louisville, Ky.-based Seven Counties Services has created two mobile health units to address mounting mental health, substance use and gun violence concerns, according to a July 31 report from CBS affiliate WLKY. The mobile units — staffed by licensed behavioral…
NYC Health + Hospitals of New York City has expanded a program to broaden access to mental health services within domestic violence shelters to a total of 41 shelters across the city, according to a July 28 news release. The…
Uvalde, Texas-based Community Health Development has opened a $16 million multi-purpose community health center with a focus on physical and mental health services, KSAT reported July 28. The center aims to deliver comprehensive care to meet the high demand of…
Nevada has established a licensing pathway for a new mental health profession — behavioral health and wellness practitioners — based on the University of Oregon’s Ballmer Institute model. The new law went into effect June 6. The law adapts an…
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The first postpartum depression drug zuranolone, sold under the brand name Zurzuvae, has shown mixed results since its release a year and a half ago, according to a July 22 report in The New York Times. Physicians are navigating the…
With mass layoffs, inflation and a rising cost of living, the mental health gap in America is growing, according to survey results from Scottsdale, Ariz.-based LifeStance Health published July 22. For the report, researchers conducted an online survey of 1,026…
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services has begun the construction of a $63 million mental health hospital in the Kansas City, Mo., metropolitan area, which is scheduled to open in 2026. The new facility will offer walk-in and inpatient…
NYC Health + Hospitals has expanded its youth mental health program, Caring Transitions, to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi in the Bronx. This program aims to support the growing mental health crisis with a focus on patients who have attempted suicide…
The results of $146 million in grant funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration are inconclusive, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office. In a report published July 10, the GAO analyzed the outcomes of…