Behavioral Health News

Psychiatric Medical Care found a way to turn documentation from a headache to a "fan-favorite." 

New York Attorney General Letitia James is urging the FDA to do more to investigate the side effects of montelukast. 

The Colorado House Education Committee recently passed legislation that looks to increase the number of behavioral health professionals in schools across the state.

Ballad Health has opened a new mental health treatment facility for adult and adolescent patients, WJHL reported Feb. 22.

Behavioral health provider Rosecrance has opened a new facility in the Norwood Park neighborhood of Chicago, its third in the city.

HHS has reached its second-ever ransomware settlement, concluding an investigation into Gaithersburg, Md.-based Green Ridge Behavioral Health. 

Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services filed a notice of data breach Feb. 2 after an unauthorized party accessed portions of the provider's IT network, JD Supra reported Feb. 21.

A bill in the New Jersey State Senate is looking to lower the age minors would be able to consent to certain outpatient mental or behavioral health treatments without parental approval, the New Jersey Monitor reported Feb. 21. 

One person is dead and another was injured after a disturbance inside Houston Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, according to police. 

A new crisis center has opened in Danville, Va., CBS affiliate WDBJ reported Feb. 20.