Behavioral Health News

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.