Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network will soon open a 13-bed, $6.4 million behavioral health unit renovation at its Quakertown campus, The Philadelphia Business Journal reported March 13.
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Six new behavioral health centers that were announced or covered in the first two weeks of March:
North Carolina is tackling the mental health crisis from many angles, having proposed a $1 billion behavioral health budget, developed care platforms, and now, opening a new youth psychiatric hospital in Butner.
Researchers have found that a person who has recently been released from prison is 10 times more at risk of a drug overdose in Oregon, the Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment reported Feb. 21.
HHS will make available $25 million to expand primary healthcare and mental health services in schools through the Health Resources and Services Administration.
The Tulalip Tribes have been approved to build a 32-bed behavioral health facility in Stanwood, Wash., by the Snohomish County hearing examiner, according to a March 13 report from the Herald Net.
New York plans to allocate $10 million to two youth mental health networks across the state, NBC affiliate WGRZ reported March 13.
A new bill in Nebraska would allow mental health professionals the ability to take an individual into emergency protective custody, ABC affiliate KETV reported March 9.
Some therapists and counselors in Oklahoma are opposed to the state's new law that would require them to share certain patient information in a state database, ABC affiliate KOCO reported March 10.
Healthcare workers are increasingly opting for contract roles and self-employment, according to a recent study from LinkedIn.