Behavioral Health News

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. 

Two mental health counselors and one social worker in Iowa are facing sanctions to their licenses related to sexual misconduct allegations, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported April 10. 

There are 841,322 actively practicing physicians in total, and 537,351 — or 63.9 percent — indicated they identify as white, according to the Association of American Medical College's "2022 Physician Specialty Data Report."

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.

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.

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.