A report published last week by the nonprofit advocacy group Disability Rights DC alleging abuse and neglect of adult and adolescent patients by staff at the Psychiatric Institute of Washington is traumatizing and injuring patients.
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Vitamin B6 supplementation reduces feelings of anxiety and depression, a study published in July by Wiley Library Online found.
Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital will use $50 million to study treatments for suicidality and bipolar disorder.
Kingston, Pa.-based Commonwealth Health First Hospital is closing, along with its affiliated outpatient behavioral health services, on Oct. 30, the Times Leader reported Aug. 1.
Nine new behavioral health centers are being built or planned in Massachusetts, Nebraska, Ohio, Texas, North Carolina and Washington.
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NYC Health + Hospitals' Behavioral Health Loan Repayment Program allocates $1 million in aid to help behavioral health professionals with student debt.
Nearly one-third of healthcare workers surveyed in France meet the diagnostic criteria for clinical depression, according to results published this month in the International Journal of Nursing Studies.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness released its first podcast, "Hope Starts with Us" July 27.
California state Sen. Anthony Portantino received the 2022 Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Award from the Urban Los Angeles National Alliance on Mental Illness in recognition of his influence on mental health policy in the state.
Four behavioral health physicians and leaders who have stepped into new roles since June 1: