Behavioral Health News

Santa Monica, Calif.-based Headspace Health has laid off 15 percent of its workforce, according to a June 29 report from the Los Angeles Times.

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.