More than 400 facilities in California have reported a shortage of mental healthcare providers, and it is projected that the U.S. may face a shortage of 14,280 to 31,109 psychiatrists by 2024.
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New York's Office of Mental Health allocated $3.3 million to increase access to mental healthcare statewide.
Englewood, Colo.-based AllHealth Network has partnered with Eleos Health, an integration and behavioral health documentation automation company, to provide augmented intelligence tools to help with administrative work.
Sheridan (Wyo.) Memorial Hospital has been awarded $5.9 million on behalf of the state's loan and investment board to build an emergency psychiatric assessment, treatment, healing and crisis stabilization unit, the Sheridan Press reported Nov. 22.
Madison, Wis., released the results of the first year of its Community Alternative Response for Emergency Services program, ABC affiliate KWOW reported Nov. 22.
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Researchers in Indiana have found that untreated mental illness is costing the state $4.2 billion per year, according to a report from the Indiana Behavioral Health Commission
The city of Clovis, N.M., is looking to build a $44.5 million inpatient mental and behavioral health facility in partnership with Denver-based Initium Health, a public benefit corporation, the Roswell Daily Record reported Nov. 22.
Chicago residents voted in support of an ordinance seeking to secure funding for non-police from crisis response teams and public mental health centers, Truthout reported Nov. 19.
Montana Psychiatry and Brain Health Center in Billings, Mont., will partner with Dallas-based Turnwell Mental Health Network to create new mental health clinics throughout the state.
Officials in a Nebraska county are investing $55 million into building a mental health facility to serve the Douglas County area, NBC affiliate WOWT reported Nov. 21.