Behavioral Health News

Here are 14 behavioral health projects and grants totaling over $411 million Becker's reported on in August:

Embark Behavioral Health — a network of mental health treatment programs for young people and their families — has released its first clinical outcomes report.

Washoe County (Nev.) Commissioners have voted to buy the closed West Hills Behavioral Health Hospital in Reno, Nev., CBS affiliate KTVN reported Aug. 23.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital and Lifepoint Behavioral Health, a business unit of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health, broke ground on the TGH Behavioral Health Hospital, which will become the only freestanding academic medical behavioral health hospital in Florida.

Orlando-based Central Florida Behavioral Hospital had to add 20 percent more beds for adolescent patients to account for the rise in admissions compared to August 2022, according to an Aug. 17 report from clickorlando.com.

UCSF Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital will start accepting patients at its new space within UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center in San Francisco on Aug. 19.

ARC Health, a management services organization for behavioral health practices, has acquired Dayspring Behavioral Health, a mental health practice with four locations in the Seattle area.

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has submitted an offer to purchase the struggling Mercy Iowa City Hospital, CBS affiliate KGAN reported Aug. 16.

Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers is expanding its flagship clinic in Milwaukee to add substance use disorder services, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Aug. 17.

Avon, Ind.-based Cummins Behavioral Health Systems has confirmed it was the recent victim of a ransomware attack.