A grand jury has indicted Deborah Sue Damron, 56, of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a patient at an adult detention center in Virginia, according to the Henry County (Va.) Sheriff's Office.

Behavioral health is projected to be one of the fastest-growing areas in healthcare, by market value, over the next few years. Those projections may fall short, however, if provider shortages and other key obstacles aren't addressed.

U.S. Catholic bishops issued a guideline March 20 that encourages Catholic hospitals to not offer gender-affirming medical treatments. 

Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health is being sued for $4 million after a patient allegedly assaulted a woman outside its Unity Center for Behavioral Health, OPB reported March 28. 

New Haven, Conn.-based mental health treatment provider Turnbridge launched an outpatient treatment program for adolescents in Fairfield County.

Castle Connolly recognized 88 female psychiatrists for their achievements in medicine on this year's "Exceptional Women in Medicine" list.

Norman (Okla.) Regional Health System has partnered with Plano, Texas-based Oceans Healthcare, a behavioral health provider system, to construct a new behavioral health center, The Norman Transcript reported March 25. 

Becker's Healthcare named 150 companies to its 2023 list of the top places to work in healthcare, and the following nine have placed particular emphasis on their employees' mental health.

The most stressed states in America skew southern, while the opposite is true of the least stressed states, according to a WalletHub analysis.

UTHealth Houston has been approved by the UTHealth system and the state of Texas to open a new school to train behavioral healthcare workers. 

Bend Health's virtual pediatric mental health services are now available to more than 170 million people through new partnerships with leading insurers including UnitedHealthcare and Magellan, as well as with employers and health systems.

Psychiatrists were the second most recruited specialty in 2022, according to a new report from Doximity. Child and adolescent psychiatrists also ranked in the top half of the list. 

Demand for behavioral health care has dramatically increased since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Trilliant Health report.

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health is expanding access to behavioral health crisis services in two of the state's counties in April.

Montana was named the best state for physicians to practice in 2023, according to financial website WalletHub's annual list. 

Behavioral health is projected to be one of the fastest-growing areas in healthcare, by market value, over the next few years. Those projections may fall short, however, if issues like workforce shortages aren't addressed.

Roy Sasenaraine has been named CEO of Valley Springs Behavioral Health Hospital in Holyoke, Mass., according to a March 20 report from Mass Live.

In face of the ongoing mental health crisis among students, school districts and counties across the country have filed lawsuits against social media companies for their negative effects on youth, The Washington Post reported March 19. 

Stefanie King, owner of Athens, Pa.-based Center for Holistic Integrative Mental Health, has pleaded guilty to prescribing medications without a supervising physician and false billing, The Daily Review reported March 18. 

Montana, South Dakota and Idaho are the three best places for physicians to practice in the U.S. in 2023, according to a March 20 WalletHub ranking. The three worst are Hawaii, Rhode Island and Alaska.