Behavioral Health News

Here are 12 behavioral health centers that have opened or expanded that Becker's has reported on in June:

The Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Indian Education, has awarded an additional five-year contract to increase access to behavioral health support to students and staff at Bureau-funded schools and programs. 

Behavioral health providers Woods Systems of Care and Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services have announced their intent to affiliate.

Boston Children's Hospital and Brighton, Mass.-based Franciscan Children's will close on an affiliation agreement and partner to expand mental health care for children, according to a June 29 report from NBC affiliate WBTS.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness has recognized Dartmouth Health psychiatrist Jeffrey C. Fetter, MD, as an NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist, according to a June 29 news release shared with Becker's. 

HHS' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded $31.5 million in behavioral health grants for children and young adults.  Here is how the grant money has been allocated, according to a June 28 release from HHS:

The Caro (Mich.) Psychiatric Hospital, a 100-bed, $85 million psychiatric facility, was completed on June 5.

Deandra Christianson has been appointed president of the eating disorder division of outpatient services for Irvine, Calif.-based Discovery Behavioral Health.

Author Health — a mental health startup for seniors with serious mental illness — has debuted with $115 million in financing.

Employees at the Harris Center for Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Houston have taken steps to unionize with the Communications Workers of America, according to a June 27 report from Houston Public Media.