Mental Health

The Illinois Department of Human Services plans to relocate nearly half of the patients at Anna, Ill.-based Choate Mental Health and Development Center, ProPublica reported March 7. 

Los Angeles-based UCLA Health's Homeless Healthcare Collaborative has been awarded $25.3 million in a two-year state grant for medical and behavioral healthcare for homeless individuals, West Side Today reported March 8. 

The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is now offering six free counseling sessions for students per year through a partnership with Uwill, a teletherapy platform, MLive reported March 6. 

Ottawa, Kan.-based Elizabeth Layton Center is partnering with Qualifacts, an electronic health record platform, for its certified community behavioral health center services. 

A class action suit has been filed against the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse for allegedly not providing mental health resources to inmates in due course, KFOR reported March 4. 

Medical schools, hospitals and national organizations have launched initiatives and programs to better incorporate mental health services into primary care. 

A Washington State Department of Health report found that behavioral health conditions, predominantly suicide or overdoses, were a leading cause of pregnancy-releated deaths, according to the 2023 report from the state's maternal mortality review panel .

With TikTok the second-most popular app for those under 35 years old, healthcare organizations are gravitating to the social media platform to develop their brands and communicate messages in a way that resonates better with younger patients.

Oregon is the lowest-ranked state for children's mental healthcare, while Delaware and Washington, D.C., are at the top, according to a Mental Health America report.

Here are 17 newly announced or opened behavioral health treatment centers covered by Becker's in February: