Mehadin Arafeh, MD, an internationally known mental health psychiatrist and 14-year superintendent of Middletown-based Connecticut Valley Hospital, died Nov. 6 at 93.
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Avon, Ind.-based Cummins Behavioral Health Systems agreed to pay $2.1 million to settle a class-action lawsuit, Top Class Actions reported Nov. 11.
LifeStance Health CEO Ken Burdick is expecting 2025 to be a "particularly challenging" year for reimbursement.
California will provide $33.4 million to support outpatient mental health treatment for veterans and their families.
Edinburg, Texas-based DHR Health is opening a behavioral health hospital in Pharr, Texas.
Amazon has partnered with Rula Health, a behavioral health company with more than 10,000 providers, to expand customers' access to mental health care.
Cerebral, an online mental healthcare company, has entered a non-prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice and agreed to pay more than $3.6 million for practices that encouraged unauthorized distribution of controlled substances.
Sheri Biggs, a psychiatric health nurse and family nurse practitioner, is now a member of South Carolina's congressional delegation, The Post and Courier reported Nov. 5.
Massachusetts voters rejected a proposal to legalize natural psychedelic drugs, NPR reported Nov. 6.
President-elect Donald Trump has proposed institutionalizing people with mental illness and increasing federal support for faith-based counseling as part of his mental health policy proposals.