New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals will expand its Bridge to Home behavioral health housing program to Brooklyn, adding a second site for unhoused New York residents diagnosed with serious mental illness. The Brooklyn location will serve up to…
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Nonprofit organizations continued to operate the majority of U.S. mental health treatment facilities in 2024, though for-profit ownership gained ground compared to 2022, according to KFF. KFF examined data from the 2024 National Substance Use and Mental Health Services survey…
As behavioral health systems move beyond the immediate post-pandemic push to expand care access, leaders across the industry are increasingly asking a more complex question: What does high-quality behavioral healthcare look like? For Omar Fattal, MD, system chief of behavioral…
Authors: Adele Viguera, MD, associate director of the Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Program; Lulu Zhao, MD, associate professor of reproductive biology and OB-GYN at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and co-director of Women's Behavioral…
As of May 2024, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline received a monthly average of 654,000 calls, text and chats, compared to 355,000 contacts when the service launched in July 2022. For providers operating within the system, the growing demand…
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Athens, Ga.-based Serenity Grove Mental Health launched a new evening intensive outpatient program designed for patients seeking structured mental healthcare while maintaining work, school and family responsibilities. The program will offer the same curriculum, clinical team and therapeutic structure as…
The United States is facing a severe behavioral health crisis driven by provider shortages, rising demand, and increasing patient acuity. Emergency department utilization for mental health has surged, particularly among youth. Suicide rates among individuals ages 15 to 24 increased…
Previous ambient AI solutions didn’t fully meet the needs of behavioral health providers. But more recent ambient AI offerings, specifically Heidi, designed with behavioral health providers in mind, effectively capture the nuances of behavioral health. Heidi is enhancing the patient-provider…
Care New England has introduced a new name for care at Butler Hospital in Providence, R.I.: Butler Behavioral Health. The rebrand reflects “the full range of behavioral and cognitive health services available at Butler Hospital,” according to a news release…
Closing the Gap on Tardive Dyskinesia: How CMS’s Mandate Is Reshaping Antipsychotic Monitoring
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A Long-Overdue Recognition for Screening Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a serious, often irreversible drug-induced movement disorder caused by prolonged use of antipsychotic and other dopamine-blocking medications. Despite affecting an estimated 15-50% of patients on antipsychotics, TD remains underdiagnosed – approximately…