The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has launched an initiative that will provide training and consultation in mental and behavioral health in 130 K-12 schools.
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Austin, Texas-based telepsychiatry provider Iris Telehealth was awarded The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for the second time after its first accreditation in 2019.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has agreed to disperse $480.5 million between 54 different projects to help improve youth mental health programs throughout the state.
More than 55 percent of adults with a mental illness, or 28 million people, received no mental health treatment in 2020, according to a report by Mental Health America.
New York City's newest mental health initiative has sparked backlash from social workers based on its plans to involuntarily hospitalize people with mental health issues who pose a threat to themselves or others.
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Dallas-based Texas Children's Hospital, the nation's largest pediatric hospital, used $11 million to form a behavioral health task force and integrate mental healthcare into its services.
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Soul Surgery, an integrative medicine addiction and mental health center, has hired 15 employees to its team in the past two months.
Los Alamitos, Calif.-based Discovery Behavioral Health appointed Joseph Garbely, DO, the medical director of its Brookdale Premier Addiction Recovery treatment center in Scotrun, Pa.
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Cherry Health, in partnership with addiction and sexual health services provider the Grand Rapids Red Project, will install Narcan vending machines at two locations to help prevent opioid overdose, MLive reported Dec. 6.
Xenia, Ohio-based TCN Behavioral Health Services has been granted a land-use change in Fairborn, Ohio, to construct a 40-unit apartment building, Dayton Daily News reported Dec. 5.