Behavioral Health News

During the "Shadow Pandemic: Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 on Patients and the Care Team" webinar hosted by the American Medical Association, physician experts discussed the toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on medical professionals, dubbed the "shadow-pandemic" by the…

Amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the country's citizens are facing a mental health crisis. University of Pittsburgh psychiatrists Alexandre Dombrovski, MD, and Carmen Andreescu, MD, are working to raise money and provide mental health support for Ukrainians who are affected,…

Matthew Sachs, MD, a former psychiatrist at Norfolk (Va.) Jail, resigned in the wake of being asked to engage in what he said were "drastic and unbelievable" practices that would endanger inmate health, local news source WTKR reported May 9.

In March 2022, the American Psychiatric Association Publishing released a revised version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition, PsychCentral reported March 17. 

The union that represents state psychiatrists called upon Gov. Gavin Newsom to rectify the pay disparity between state and contract prison psychiatrists, which supporters say would help retain staff and improve patient outcomes, local news source The Sacramento Bee reported…

Pine Bluff, Ark.-based Jefferson Regional is building a rehabilitation and behavioral health hospital in partnership with Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health, according to an email shared with Becker's.

Using data collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this is an overview of the job industry for psychiatrists across the country as of May 2021, the most recent data available.

Nudj Health raised $10 million in funding to bolster physician partnership efforts to better track and change patient lifestyle behaviors, the Los Angeles Business Journal reported June 6.

Odyssey Behavioral Healthcare opened its new Pasadena Villa Outpatient location in Norfolk, Va., offering mental health and co-occurring disorder support, local news source Madison Graph reported June 7.

The California Peer-Run Warm Line, a free phone line offering call or text non-crisis mental health support, is requesting $58 million in state funding over the next five years once its current funding expires, the San Francisco Examiner reported June…