OpenAI has outlined a 120-day plan to improve how ChatGPT responds to signs of mental and emotional distress, including protections for teens and enhancements to crisis interventions, according to a Sept. 2 OpenAI news release. Here are five things to…
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The DuPage County Health Department is set to open a new crisis recovery center the week of Sept. 1 in Wheaton, Ill., offering 24/7 mental health and substance use services, NBC Chicago reported Aug. 26. The nearly $26 million facility…
A legislative audit found that nearly 70% of mental health providers listed in Utah insurance directories are not accepting new patients, according to an Aug. 25 CBS affiliate KMYU report. The audit, highlighted by Rep. Steve Eliason, found that 69%…
CVS Health’s MinuteClinic has expanded virtual mental health services in 49 states and Washington, D.C. Nearly 95% of MinuteClinic counseling visits now occur virtually, according to an Aug. 26 CVS Health news release. Licensed therapists provide care for conditions including…
As individuals make their way through outpatient care, measuring treatment success outcomes has proven difficult. Fragmented care throughout a patient’s behavioral health journey has become a key concern for clinicians, often leaving them unable to fully document treatment progress. With…
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Rural youth are less likely than their suburban and urban peers to use mental health apps and teletherapy despite experiencing similar rates of anxiety and depression, according to an Aug. 19 report from Hopelab. To develop the report, the company…
Amid an escalating national crisis in youth mental health, emergency department boarding times for children and adolescents have increased as they wait for behavioral health and psychiatric services. Clinicians strive to avert these boarding outcomes by expanding access to mental…
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…
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…