Behavioral Health News

The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is constructing a new mental health hospital in Oklahoma City.

The Delaware-Morrow Mental Health and Recovery Services Board has received a $1.3 million grant to strengthen local behavioral health services, The Delaware Gazette reported Sept. 9.

Latino Behavioral Health Services has opened a new facility in Salt Lake City that will nearly double the number of clients the organization previously had the capacity to serve in Utah, KSL reported Sept. 10.

Compass Health Network is opening a behavioral health center in Festus, Mo., My Leader Paper reported Sept. 9.

The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline has added American Sign Language services for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in need of mental health support, ABC News reported Sept. 8.

MultiCare Health System has opened an adolescent day program at its behavioral health clinic in Burien, Wash.

Here are the most common psychiatric health services that community hospitals provide, according to recent data from the American Hospital Association:

Harrison Memorial Hospital Primary Care held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new behavioral health portion of the HMH Primary Care Office in Falmouth, Ky., The Falmouth Outlook reported Sept. 6.

Community Health Systems has partnered with population management company Mindoula to integrate virtual behavioral health services into the primary care setting.

Allwell Behavioral Health has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle a class action lawsuit filed by victims of the company's March 2022 data breach, HIPAA Journal reported Sept. 7.