Behavioral Health News

The New Mexico Department of Health will pay $215,000 to settle allegations that a patient was abused and neglected at the state-owned Behavioral Health Institute in Las Vegas, N.M., Albuquerque Journal reported May 22. 

The Rhode Island State Psychiatric Hospital in Cranston received accreditation from The Joint Commission.

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health plans to open a new mental health crisis center at its Saint Mary's campus in Grand Rapids, Mich., MLive reported May 22. 

Augusta, Ga.-based Serenity Behavioral Health plans to build a new $12 million addiction and mental health crisis center, ABC affiliate WJBF reported May 22. 

Provider shortages in healthcare have been widely reported, and the problem appears particularly acute in behavioral health — but part of the problem can be blamed on inadequate diagnostic tools, one executive says.

Here are six figures that offer insight into the demographics of the psychiatric workforce.

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.