Behavioral Health News

An FDA panel debated whether the use of some antidepressant medications during pregnancy should come with stronger warnings, The New York Times reported July 21.  A spokesperson for HHS would not comment to the Times on whether the agency was…

Guidelight has opened a new mental health clinic, Guidelight SouthPark, in Charlotte, N.C.  The company’s first North Carolina-based clinic provides partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient services for adults, and aims to provide fast access to care, with most patients seen…

Employers are looking to increase mental health resources available to employees in 2026, according to Mercer’s “Survey on Health & Benefit Strategies for 2026.”  The consulting firm surveyed 504 organizations with more than 500 employees about their 2026 benefit strategies. …

Health systems are opening new outpatient, urgent care and inpatient behavioral health sites.  Here are nine recent openings to know: 

If behavioral health leaders had $100 million, they would focus on youth, older adults and improving the treatment system.  Becker’s connected with six leaders to learn where they would invest first.  Editor’s note: Responses have been lightly edited for length…

Current suicide prevention practices at hospitals are missing opportunities to provide essential care, according to a report from Pew Charitable Trusts.  The report, published July 14, suggests actions health system leaders, insurers and policymakers can take to ensure hospitals provide…

Behavioral health organizations are investing in AI, administrative support and population health this year.  Becker’s connected with three leaders from across the U.S. to learn what investments they are most excited about now.  Here’s what they had to say:  Editor’s…

The University of Rochester (Minn.) is launching a master’s-level psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and counselor program, thanks to a $2.4 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of HHS. The Uniting Nurses and Integrating Therapists…

A group of behavioral health executives is calling for an end to Medicare’s lifetime limits on inpatient psychiatric treatment.  In a piece published in Health Affairs Forefront July 8, Imad Melhem, MD, chair of psychiatry and behavioral health at Geisinger…

One crisis care company is focused on making value-based care work.  Laura Buckley, COO of Connections Health Solutions, told Becker’s the crisis behavioral health provider’s top priority this year is expanding existing capitated arrangements into more value-based care.  “The crisis…