Behavioral Health News

The largest psychiatric hospital in the U.S. by bed count is Norwalk, Calif.-based DSH-Metropolitan, according to CMS data.

Phoenix-based mental healthcare network Meadows Behavioral Healthcare recently opened two outpatient centers — one in Houston and one in Austin, Texas. 

The median annual salary among psychiatrists is $245,661, according to data from salary.com.

NYC Health + Hospitals distributed $580,000 to 16 people as part of its behavioral health loan repayment program, the health system said in an April 12 news release shared with Becker's.

Acadia Healthcare operates 250 behavioral healthcare facilities and is one of the largest mental healthcare networks in the U.S.

Lancaster (Pa.) General Health, part of Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine, is giving workers four percent pay increases about two weeks after it laid off numerous behavioral health staff, LancasterOnline reported April 12.

Ketamine therapy provider Kure has opened its first clinic in Santa Monica, Calif.

The cost to attend the top-ranked school for psychiatry is 66.8 percent more than that the average cost of attending a private university in the U.S. in 2022, according to U.S. News and World Report's "Best Medical Schools" list for…

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.