Behavioral Health News

A Connecticut psychologist pleaded guilty to $1.6 million in Medicaid fraud. 

The Doña Ana County Triage Crisis Center in Las Cruces, N.M., has closed, CBS affiliate KOB reported Jan. 31.

Eight states have been selected to participate in a children's behavioral health state policy lab in Baltimore between Feb. 7 and 9, The Daily Record reported Jan. 31.

Several Optum-owned eating disorder clinics are set to close. 

Delaware is the state with the highest ratio of state psychiatric beds by population, according to data from the Treatment Advocacy Center.

Behavioral health provider Talkiatry has launched a telepsychiatry program for adults 65 and older.

From new behavioral health crisis units to full facilities, here are nine new behavioral health projects that Becker's has reported on since Jan. 16:

Although the numbers of state psychiatric hospital beds have largely either decreased or remained stagnant across 37 states, some states increased their number of beds between 2016 and 2022.

The Illinois Department of Human Services has partnered with Google Public Sector to develop a youth behavioral health resources portal.

St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, Ga., is seeking $10 million in state funding to cover the deficit from its behavioral health service line and launch a new program, the Portland Press Herald reported Jan. 28.