Behavioral Health News

Owensboro, Ky.-based RiverValley Behavioral Health has officially opened RVBH@The Crowne in Owensboro, The Owensboro Times reported Nov. 2.

The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services' Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health has awarded a contract to software company Findhelp to connect residents with substance use disorder and mental health services.

Acadia Healthcare will pay $400 million to settle three cases alleging a nonprofit operated by a now-shuttered New Mexico facility placed children in a foster care setting where they were repeatedly sexually abused. 

Inland Empire Health Plan and Molina Healthcare of California have partnered with BeMe Health to offer access to BeMe's digital behavioral health platform to California teenagers.

Oklahoma City-based OU Health has broken ground on a new behavioral health facility in the city, ABC affiliate KOCO reported Nov. 1.

George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., has opened a new facility for its Center for Community Mental Health and Center for Evidence-Based Behavioral Health.

Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health and Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare have broken ground on a behavioral health hospital in Greenville, NBC affiliate WITN reported Oct. 31.

Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock (Ark.) has opened its new behavioral health unit.

The Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery is expected to open to patients in the next six months, Miami's Community News reported Oct. 30.

The University of Connecticut School of Social Work has added a new team of specialists that are focused on the behavioral health of parents, infants and young children.