Behavioral Health News

A federal workplace safety investigation found a Jacksonville, Fla., psychiatric health and substance disorder facility left workers vulnerable to injuries.

The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services has closed its request for bids for contractors to overhaul the state's behavioral health system, The Independent Record reported July 26.

Here are the number of psychiatrists in each state, according to data from KFF published in May:

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services has launched an online database of behavioral health services to help residents and providers make informed decisions about treatment options, WV Public Broadcasting reported July 25.

Northwest Texas Behavioral Health has opened a mental wellness center in Amarillo, ABC affiliate KVII reported July 25.

Baptist Health's Wolfson Children's Hospital, based in Jacksonville, Fla., received a city permit to begin a $7.28 million interior renovation project that will almost double its number of inpatient beds, according to a July 25 report from Jacksonville Daily Record.

Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., has begun renovations to open an inpatient behavioral health unit, The Jacksonville Daily Record reported July 25.

NYC Health + Hospitals' Peer Academy graduated 50 additional individuals with lived mental health or substance use experience who are now trained to become certified peer counselors.

Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital and Acadia Healthcare have partnered to build a behavioral health hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, investing more than $55 million to alleviate unmet behavioral health needs in the region.

Cherokee Nation has developed a behavioral health scholarship to support students living inside and outside the reservation as they enter the behavioral health field, the the Tahlequah Daily Press reported July 22.