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Behavioral Health News

The Cigna Group recently shared its 2022 environmental, social and governance report, which includes commitments to improving behavioral health.

Two metro-area hospitals in Jackson, Miss., are at maximum capacity for psychiatric patients, only a few weeks after another hospital in Jackson ended behavioral health services, according to a July 10 report from Mississippi Today.

West Virginia University Medicine's Wheeling and Reynolds Memorial hospitals received a $2.2 million grant from the Renner Foundation to enhance mental and behavioral health programs, according to a July 10 report from FOX affiliate WTOV.

Integrated Services of Kalamazoo (Mich.) opened a new behavioral health urgent care and access center, becoming the first facility in Kalamazoo County to provide same-day mental health and substance use treatment, according to a July 10 report from CBS affiliate…

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Sertraline was the most commonly prescribed antidepressant in the U.S. in 2022, according to June 7data from Definitive Healthcare, making up 13.1 percent of all prescribed mental health medications. 

Behavioral health provider Alera Health has grown its presence in North Carolina further by expanding its integrated systems of care model into Durham County.

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