The Pentagon is looking into uses of psychedelic medicines for uses beyond mental health, Politico reported June 7.
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Mercy Health-Springfield (Ohio) Regional Medical Center reduced emergency department lengths of stay for behavioral health patients by 64% thanks to a collaboration with a healthcare consulting firm.
A psychiatrist in Wellesley, Mass., was sentenced to prison for charges related to a scheme that defrauded Medicare and private insurers of more than $19 million.
Kettering (Ohio) Health now offers its outpatient behavioral health program at its location in Miamisburg, Ohio.
Salem-based Oregon State Hospital has received a second immediate jeopardy warning this year after the death of a patient, the Oregon Capital Chronicle reported June 6.
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New York City Health + Hospitals is implementing a three-year game plan to boost its behavioral health services.
Both inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services were among the costliest for hospitals to provide in 2023, according to a report from the American Hospital Association.
An FDA panel recommended against approving MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder.
The toll of mental illness costs the U.S. economy $282 million annually — a 30% increase compared to costs estimated in prior studies, according to an analysis published in April by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Increasingly, the nation's behavioral health crisis is straining hospital emergency departments, prompting health system leaders to pour more resources and energy into expanding access to mental health services.