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Behavioral Health News

Reimbursement will be one of the biggest challenges facing behavioral health this year, according to Robert Trestman, MD, PhD, professor and chair of psychiatry at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. 

Gaps in insurance coverage between mental health and substance use and other forms of healthcare persist, according to a new report to Congress. 

Several hospitals and health systems have opened new inpatient and outpatient behavioral health units in the past month. 

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As wildfires continue to rage in Southern California, the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health has deployed professionals to assist evacuees facing the emotional and psychological effects of the disaster, KFF Health News reported Jan. 21. 

Holy Hill Hospital in Raleigh, N.C., has halted child and adolescent admissions as state surveyors conduct an investigation at the psychiatric facility, according to local news outlets. 

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