Behavioral Health News

HHS has awarded $68.5 million in grants aimed at enhancing behavioral health education, training and community programs. 

The Oregon Health Authority is launching a five-year, $850 million plan to add residential beds for addiction and mental health treatment in the state, the Oregon Capital Chronicle reported Sept. 30.

Brightline, a pediatric behavioral telehealth provider, is shifting focus to brick-and-mortar clinics. 

Higher doses of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder could lower risks of emergency department visits or use of behavioral health services, a recent study found.

Thousands of Washington state's pediatric psychiatric patients spend weeks or months in emergency rooms or hospital units awaiting treatment, but a new state law aims to change that, The Seattle Times reported Sept. 28.

Acadia Healthcare continues to face investigations of its length-of-stay and billing practices. 

Acadia Healthcare will pay $19.85 million to settle allegations it billed federal and state governments for medically unnecessary inpatient behavioral health services. 

Tennessee has paused plans to build a psychiatric hospital after initial findings from an archeological review of the historical site where the facility was to be constructed, ABC affiliate WVTC reported Sept. 26. 

Twenty percent of children 12-17, 20% of adults 18-25 and 7% of adults 26 and older experienced major depressive episodes in 2021-2022, USAFacts found.

As of Sept. 1, 34 licensure boards and 375 hospitals have verified their licensing or credentialing applications are free of stigmatizing language and intrusive mental health questions, according to ALL IN: Wellbeing First for Healthcare, a national coalition led by…