Behavioral Health News

Weeks after a Tennessee hospital nurse died in October, state investigators found multiple violations and a high risk of workplace violence at the facility, NBC affiliate WBIR reported May 20. 

Across the United States, millions of people are affected by mental illness each year. 

Since the national suicide and crisis lifeline transitioned from a 10-digit phone number to the three-digit 988 in July 2022, it has received more than 9.5 million calls.

Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health was selected as the new clinical contractor for Hampstead (N.H.) Hospital and Residential Treatment Facility.

Rhode Island officials kept children in a behavioral hospital designed for short stays for weeks or months at a time, rather than move them to more appropriate care settings, the Justice Department alleged. 

UnitedHealthcare will pay Minnesota $450,000 to settle allegations it violated mental health parity laws. 

Tampa General Hospital and the University of South Florida, both based in Tampa, partnered on one of the first behavioral health teaching hospitals in Florida.

UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, Ill., has added 15 inpatient beds to its behavioral health unit to better meet a growing need for mental health services. 

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus, N.J., is planning a $9 million project to create dedicated spaces in its emergency room for patients seeking mental healthcare, USA Today affiliate North Jersey reported May 13.

A Connecticut psychologist will spend two years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding Medicaid of more than $1.6 million.