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…
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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.
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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…
Colorado nonprofit Impact on Education fundraised $800,000 to add four mental health advocate positions in schools attended by students displaced by the Marshall Fire in Boulder in late December 2021, local news source 9News reported June 6.
The World Health Organization announced the focus of its yearly World Mental Health Day that falls on Oct. 10.
Amid the seemingly incongruent trends of behavioral health staffing shortages and rising investments in behavioral health technology, Palo Alto (Calif.) University is offering a new tech- and mental health-focused concentration for its psychology master's program.
A new center dedicated to treating veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder is scheduled to open June 11 at Save A Warrior's Hillsboro, Ohio, facility, local news source The Bakersfield Californian reported June 6.