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.
The Latest
Executives from Avel eCare, a clinician-to-clinician telemedicine services provider, met with U.S. Senate staff to discuss Virtual Crisis Care, a telemedicine program that allows law enforcement to connect with behavioral health professionals in situations when citizens are having a mental…
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.
As rates of mental health conditions continue to rise, alarming trends within the behavioral health space threaten access to care. Underfunding, limited services, and an overburdened workforce all act as barriers to care nationwide.
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.