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Universities are investing in the behavioral health workforce by expanding certificates and degree programs amid nationwide shortages.  The investment comes as workforce shortages worsened in 2025 from 2024, according to federal data. As of Dec. 13, 2025, the number of…

Texas Children’s in Houston has received a $5 million estate gift from philanthropist Barbara LeGrange, who passed away in March, to expand mental healthcare for children and adolescents across the region. Ms. LeGrange planned the donation, which includes $1 million…

Houston-based Texas Children’s has received a $5 million estate gift made by philanthropist Barbara LeGrange to support its behavioral health initiative.  The planned gift — made prior to her death — includes $1 million in immediate funding and additional endowed…

Clinicians at VA medical centers have deployed more than 700 in-home virtual reality mental wellness kits, including virtual reality goggles.  The initiative, supported by Healium, SoldierPoint Digital Health and VA Immersive, provides nonpharmacological tools designed to help veterans self-manage stress…

A national “secret shopper” study found private equity-owned residential addiction treatment facilities charge significantly more per day than other for-profit centers, while offering fewer key services in some cases, according to a cross sectional study published in JAMA Health Forum. …

GSK, a biopharmaceutical company, has withdrawn its application to the FDA for leucovorin calcium tablets, months after the White House promoted the drug as a potential treatment for autism-related symptoms, The Wall Street Journal reported April 10.  The FDA approved…

Anchorage, Alaska, has launched a municipal addiction treatment program that pairs housing with addiction care through a microunit model, Alaska Public Media reported April 7. The program, called Willow Commons, opened in late March and includes 32 individual units for…

Greenville, S.C.-based Crossroads Treatment Centers has partnered with Vaya Health based in Asheville, N.C., to launch a mobile addiction treatment unit in western North Carolina, expanding access to opioid use disorder care.  The initiative is supported by the North Carolina…

The University of Pittsburgh School of Education has established an online graduate certificate in infant mental health.  The program, offered through its Pitt Online portfolio, targets the nationwide shortage of trained infant and early childhood mental health professionals, and is…