Youngstown (Ohio) State University has received $50,000 for new wellness programs to support the mental health of its student athletes, CBS affiliate WKBN reported April 6.
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Digital health and wellness platform Noom has named Linda Anegawa, MD, its first medical director and added Mandy Ginsberg to its board of directors.
New legislation in Oregon would apply a 50-cent tax on all phone lines in order to fund the state's behavioral health and suicide crisis hotline, The Corvallis Advocate reported April 6.
Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky has signed a bill into law that will increase funds for mental health services for law enforcement, CBS affiliate WKYT reported April 6.
Virtual behavioral health startup AptiHealth raised $10.8 million in its most recent funding round, according to an April 5 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Former California physician Thomas Keller was sentenced to 30 months in prison for illegally prescribing Schedule II and IV controlled substances leading to the overdose death of a 17-year-old patient, the Justice Department said April 7.
UC San Diego has launched a mobile mental health crisis team to address the mental health needs of students at the university.
Threshold Rehabilitation Services opened a new residential mental health facility in Wernersville, Pa.
The following are universities that have received funding to train mental health professionals through the U.S. Department of Education's Mental Health Service Professionals Demonstration Program that Becker's has reported on:
Athens, W.Va.-based Concord University will use $5 million in federal funding for its programs that train mental health workers, WVPB reported April 6.