Behavioral Health News

Widespread provider shortages are posing problems for healthcare organizations nationwide, but poor training and sagging work ethic among some new clinicians may be compounding the issue.

University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland (Calif.) has recently opened a standalone outpatient building offering mental health services. 

The demand for behavioral health services in the U.S. far outstrips its supply of behavioral health workers and clinicians, and even the nation's best hospitals suffer the effects. 

An emergency room staff is accustomed to a certain level of unpredictability. As patients with mental and behavioral issues make more frequent visits to the ER, their unique needs can challenge the assumption of how much unpredictability is too much.

California's Stanislaus County has taken a bold approach to addressing its lack of licensed mental health clinicians.

Here are the 10 metropolitan areas where physicians have the lowest average salaries, according to the "2023 Physicians Compensation Report" from Physicians Thrive, a financial advisory group:

Melchiades Amin, 45, a former community support worker for two mental health providers, was given a suspended sentence of three years in jail for Medicaid fraud, the Justice Department reported May 11. 

Jacksonville, N.C.-based Brynn Marr Hospital may lose Medicare funding following a federal investigation that found the facility violated safety measures, Carolina Public Press reported May 12. 

CarePoint Health Systems has launched MindLine, a mental health support program for front-line health workers and first responders.

Columbia University in New York City was named the best school for psychiatry, according to U.S. News and World Report's "Best Medical Schools" list for 2023-24.