Behavioral Health News

Mental healthcare company Brightside Health launched a telehealth program designed to treat individuals at risk of suicide.

North Carolina's health department plans to convert the Blackley Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center in Butner into a psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents, the Winston-Salem Journal reported Dec. 11.

Davenport, Iowa-based Genesis Medical Center is slated to unveil its emergency department expansion this month, including four beds and a new unit for mental health patients, the Quad-City Times reported Dec. 9. 

Police were called to Generations Behavioral Health-Youngstown in Ohio after a patient broke a staff member's leg, CBS affiliate WKBN reported Dec. 9. 

Here are eight changes companies made to their leadership teams that Becker's has reported since Nov. 9:

Here are eight mental health investments totalling $718.9 million that Becker's has reported since Dec. 1:

Providence Health Plan added Scott Burton and Shannon Drotning to its executive leadership team, where they will lead its commercial and consumer markets, respectively.

Individuals newly diagnosed with a mental illness who had at least one outpatient care appointment paid an average of $115 less each month, or $1,380 annually, in medical and pharmacy costs than those without care, a study published Dec. 6…

The average employer cost of a pediatric mental health appointment increased from $2 in 2019 to $407 in 2022 — an increase of 20,250 percent.

Aetna Better Health of West Virginia, alongside Aetna parent company CVS Health, has donated $9.3 million to 10 behavioral health and social care providers across the state.