Nashville, Tenn.-based Centerstone has opened a 27,858-square-foot youth resiliency campus in Springfield, Mo., April 9 to treat youths with mental health and substance use conditions. The facility includes a behavioral health crisis center, an intensive outpatient treatment center and a…
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Untreated mental illness cost the U.S. economy an estimated $477.5 billion in 2024 and is expected to exceed $1.3 trillion annually by 2040, according to a Trilliant Health report published April 14. The report analyzes data from its national all-payer…
Sacramento-based Sierra Vista Hospital is proposing to add 12 inpatient psychiatric beds. The expansion would increase the capacity to 171 beds and add another 3,400 square feet to the acute psychiatric facility, the hospital told Becker’s. Sierra Vista Hospital provides…
Edna Foa, PhD, a pioneer in exposure therapy for PTSD, died March 24 from complications of pneumonia at 88, The New York Times reported April 12. Dr. Foa developed prolonged exposure therapy, a structured protocol to help patients confront traumatic…
Illicit synthetic drugs are proliferating faster than ever, with new compounds reaching users before health agencies can identify or regulate them, according to an April 8 report from The New York Times. Here are five things to know, per the…
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Sacramento, Calif.-based WellSpace Health, a provider of medical, dental, behavioral health and supportive services, and Sacramento County have broken ground on a new community wellness campus in South Sacramento. The 13-acre campus will include a 24,700-square-foot, 32-bed mental health rehabilitation…
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Behavioral Health Services in Somerville, N.J., has been designated Somerset County’s provider of psychiatric emergency screening services. The hospital is part of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health. The designation enables the hospital to provide…
Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based We Level Up Treatment Centers, a behavioral health and addiction treatment provider, has expanded its behavioral health facility in Houston, which will serve as a flagship location. The renovated campus spans 4.7 acres and includes a three-story,…
Nevada County, Calif., officials and partners have broken ground on the $23.7 million Deer Creek Behavioral Health Center; the facility aims to expand access to psychiatric care. The facility, expected to open in late fall 2027, is located on the…
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Children’s Health and Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital have joined a national network focused on trauma and bereavement care. The designation is part of an initiative led by the Trauma and Grief Center at the Meadows Mental…