Behavioral Health News

Addiction medicine physicians and other healthcare professionals will meet with lawmakers to advocate for expanded access to opioid use disorder treatment and residential care for older adults.  Attendees will urge Congress to reintroduce and co-sponsor the Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access…

Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare will shut down one of its residential eating disorder treatment facilities in Durham, N.C., according to a Sept. 11 WARN filing.  The North Carolina Department of Commerce report indicated Carolina House Homestead & Cottage will close…

Chicago-based Array Behavioral Care, a virtual behavioral health provider, has launched Array OnDemand+, an acute behavioral health model.  The model aims to support emergency departments, inpatient units and crisis stabilization spaces by pairing independently licensed, master’s-level clinicians with board-certified psychiatrists,…

OhioHealth and Lifepoint Behavioral Health, a division of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health, have formed a joint venture to operate two behavioral health hospitals and associated outpatient sites in the Columbus, Ohio, area, according to a Sept. 11 news release. The…

The case of Decarlos Brown Jr., charged with fatally stabbing a 23-year-old woman on a North Carolina commuter train, has renewed scrutiny of gaps in the state’s mental and behavioral health system, The Associated Press reported Sept 10. Despite what…

The Washington Post published an op-ed by Linda McMahon, secretary of education and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of HHS on Sept. 10., arguing schools should prioritize healthy habits over routine mental health screenings.  Here are six things takeaways…

Options Behavioral Health, a mental health facility in Lawrence, Ind., will close Oct. 9, according to a Sept. 9 report from WRTV.  The facility’s parent company, Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare, said the closure follows a “careful and comprehensive review of…

Over 18% of U.S. adults report currently having or being treated for depression — the highest rate Gallup has found since it began tracking the metric in 2015, according to a Sept. 9 Gallup report.  Here are six notes:

The question for health system leaders is not whether to adopt the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM), but how to operationalize it at scale, Caroline Carney, MD, CEO of Frisco, Texas-based Magellan Health, told Becker’s.  “The most important part about the…

The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services plans to cut or reduce $40 million in services amid a budget shortfall, NonDoc reported Sept. 3. A document from a meeting with Oklahoma legislators showed that of the 573…