A mental health unit to treat and house inmates with serious mental illnesses is set to open at Ventura County's Todd Road Jail in Santa Paula, Calif., the Ventura County Star reported April 9.
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Threshold Rehabilitation Services opened a new residential mental health facility in Wernersville, Pa.
A total of 2,143 medical school graduates matched into psychiatry residency programs in 2023 — up from 2,030 in 2022, according to data from the National Resident Matching Program.
The privatization of the mental health workforce will have the most significant effect on marginalized communities, according to a recent report from Cornell University.
Here were the 10 most-read industry updates reported by Becker's in March.
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There are 38,401 active psychiatrists in the country, according to the Association of American Medical College's "2022 Physician Specialty Data Report."
Multnomah County's Behavioral Health Resource Center in Portland, Ore., unexpectedly closed March 30 for more than two weeks, according to an April 2 report from The Oregonian.
Behavioral health is undergoing a broad awakening, with both leaders and the public increasingly seeing it as vital. The industry may fail to capture the full momentum of those tailwinds, however, if certain obstacles are not addressed.
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.