On July 26, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, and California Democrat Reps. Tony Cárdenas and Katie Porter reintroduced an updated Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act, first introduced by Ms. Warren in 2018.
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Opioid addiction treatment provider Bicycle Health is partnering with clinical care and healthcare navigation platform Included Health to increase access to opioid use disorder treatment, Bicycle Health said July 26.
CVS Health has named Taft Parsons, III, MD, a vice president and the company's chief psychiatric officer, the company said in an email shared with Becker's.
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services reported higher revenue but a lower profit in the second quarter of 2022, the company said July 25.
The co-owners of an addiction treatment center in Florida have both pleaded guilty to charges linking them to three patient overdose deaths, local news source the Palm Beach Post reported July 23.
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Josh Guillory, mayor and president of Lafayette, La., checked himself into a rehabilitation facility for treatment of possible alcohol addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder, local ABC affiliate KATC3 reported July 25.
U.S. News & World Report released its list of the best hospitals for psychiatry July 26, with Boston-based McLean Hospital, Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, also in Boston, ranking in the top three.
Children are more likely to have an anxiety disorder if their same-sex parent has one, a study published by JAMA Open Network found.
Telehealth at-home ketamine therapy sessions are a safe and "incredibly effective" treatment for depression and anxiety, clinicians in charge of a recent study published in Journal of Affective Disorders reported.
Sens. Patty Murray and Ron Wyden of Washington and Oregon, respectively, are launching an investigation into abuse of children with special needs and mental health issues at residential treatment centers, NBC reported July 22.