Behavioral Health News

Here are the 10 most-read behavioral health updates reported by Becker's in January:

Children's Hospital Los Angeles has received a five-year $2.5 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration as part of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health has added 22 beds to its WellSpan Philhaven facility in Mt. Gretna, Pa., through a $7 million expansion, Lebanon Daily News reported Jan. 30. 

Alto Neuroscience, a psychiatric medication development company, secured $60 million in series B funding and entered a $35 million credit facility with K2 HealthVentures.

Acadia Healthcare has named Navdeep Kang, PsyD, Chief Quality Officer of its inpatient services division, according to a Jan. 27 post on LinkedIn by the Franklin, Tenn.-based health system.

Pittsburgh-based University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Western Behavioral Health opened a new facility Jan. 26 to increase community access to child and adolescent behavioral health services.

New York City-based Montefiore Health System will use $4.5 million from the state to create behavioral health clinics at public schools in Bronx and Westchester counties.

The Nebraska Behavioral Health Education Center will allocate $20 million for behavioral health-related workforce projects throughout the state, Norfolk Daily News reported Jan. 26. 

Stacy Brooks Whatley was appointed chief communications and marketing officer of the American Counseling Association.  

Colorado Center for Clinical Excellence, a mental healthcare provider group in Denver, was acquired by Arc Health.