Behavioral Health News

Cincinnati Children's $99 million inpatient mental health facility is on track to open later this year, ABC affiliate WCPO reported May 17.

Denton, Texas-based family medicine physician Stanley Charles Evans, MD, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for opioid charges, the Justice Department said May 19. 

Legislators in Missouri have approved $300 million for a new state behavioral health hospital, but Gov. Mike Parson has not signed off on it, the Kansas City Star reported March 19. 

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine plans to open a crisis response center at its Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania-Cedar Avenue, also in Philadelphia, Penn Today reported May 19. 

Johnstown Heights (Colo.) Behavioral Health may see a renewed police investigation into the November death of one of its patients, ABC affiliate Denver7 reported May 18.

As a psychiatrist and the chief medical officer of Acadia Healthcare, I am passionate about attracting more clinicians to the field of behavioral healthcare to support the increasing need for treatment. The growing demand for mental healthcare is undeniable, and…

An employee of Northville Township, Mich.-based Hawthorn Center, a psychiatric children's hospital, is suing the state-run facility after being instructed to portray an active shooter in an unannounced drill held Dec. 21, NBC affiliate WDIV reported May 17.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare bucked industrywide staffing trends and improved its recruiting and retention in the first quarter of 2023, according to an April 27 earnings call transcribed by Seeking Alpha.

Somerset, Ky.-based Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, part of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health, unveiled its renovated and rebranded behavioral health unit.

Provider shortages in healthcare have been widely reported, and the problem appears particularly acute in behavioral health — but private payers could be partially to blame, one expert says.