Eleven percent of hospitals in the U.S. in 2021 were behavioral health hospitals, according to recent data released by the American Hospital Association
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The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska has opened its third rural site at Wayne State College in Wayne.
Approximately one-third of patients receiving behavioral health services such as therapy or medication visits reported that their clinicians did not offer both telehealth and in-person care, according to a study conducted by Rand Corp. and published in Health Affairs.
The public health department of Lewis and Clark County in Montana has unveiled its Behavioral Health Crisis System Dashboard, NBC affiliate KTVH reported Sept. 4.
Highland-Clarksburg Hospital in Clarksburg, W.Va., is opening an acute psychiatric unit to treat adolescent patients with emotional, behavioral and cognitive needs.
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One in four mental health patients is rejected from mental health facilities in King County, Wash., The Seattle Times reported Sept. 5.
A new forensic psychiatric hospital has broken ground in Concord, N.H., New Hampshire Public Radio reported Aug. 31.
The Mental Health & Recovery Board for Licking and Knox Counties has received $3 million to buy land for a new crisis center, The Newark Advocate reported Sept. 1.
Horizon Behavioral Health has received local and state backing to open a crisis receiving center in Lynchburg, Va., ABC affiliate WSET reported Aug. 30.
Three employees of Valleywise Behavioral Health Center in Phoenix were arrested Aug. 25 for allegedly abusing a patient in their care, AZ Central reported Aug. 30.