A recent study reveals that decades of exposure to leaded gasoline — especially during childhood — have left lasting harm on the mental health of Americans, particularly for Generation X, according to a Dec. 4 news release published in Duke Today. 

Southeastern Behavioral Healthcare Services, based in Lumberton and Maxton, N.C., and its owners, Bertha and Virgil Hutchinson, have agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle civil allegations that they fraudulently billed North Carolina Medicaid for services that were never provided. 

ABA Centers of America plans to double its patient base next year. 

A total of 23 hospitals will receive Medicare-supported psychiatric residency slots. 

Headspace has laid off around 13% of its employees, a spokesperson told Becker's. 

The strike by Kaiser Permanente mental health workers has entered its fifth week, with the union filing a complaint with the California Department of Public Health regarding alleged patient care violations caused by understaffing, KPBS reported Nov. 19. 

Behavioral health urgent care clinics are growing in popularity in the last five years as a way to provide mental health care outside of EDs. 

Health systems are closing small behavioral health units, and a major telehealth provider is shifting back to brick-and-mortar clinics. 

Health systems and behavioral health organizations are opening new outpatient mental health clinics, crisis centers and inpatient units. 

Neuropsychiatric symptoms are a pervasive and challenging aspect of Alzheimer's disease (AD), affecting up to 90% of individuals over the course of the illness.

UnitedHealth Group uses an algorithm that has been subject to legal scrutiny to manage behavioral health costs, ProPublica reported Nov. 19. 

A new study has found that loneliness significantly increases the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease and cognitive impairment. 

Publicly-traded behavioral health companies improved their earnings in the third quarter of 2024, but are bracing for challenges ahead. 

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has released new findings from the 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, showing the behavioral health challenges faced by LGBTQ+ youth. 

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration launched a new tool, the Behavioral Health Workforce Career Navigator, to assist both current and aspiring behavioral health professionals in navigating state-specific requirements for various careers in the field. 

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and the College of St. Mary in Omaha have formed a partnership to provide nursing students with clinical experience at the Lincoln Regional Center, a psychiatric hospital in Lincoln. 

Mehadin Arafeh, MD, an internationally known mental health psychiatrist and 14-year superintendent of Middletown-based Connecticut Valley Hospital, died Nov. 6 at 93.

Avon, Ind.-based Cummins Behavioral Health Systems agreed to pay $2.1 million to settle a class-action lawsuit, Top Class Actions reported Nov. 11.

Edinburg, Texas-based DHR Health is opening a behavioral health hospital in Pharr, Texas.

Amazon has partnered with Rula Health, a behavioral health company with more than 10,000 providers, to expand customers' access to mental health care.