Psychiatry is tied for the second-highest incidence of suicidal thoughts among clinicians across all specialties, with 12 percent of the field having reported suicidal thoughts, according to Medscape's ''Physician Burnout Report" published March 3.
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St. George (Utah) Regional Hospital has the best negotiated commercial payer rates for mental health services of any hospital in the nation — 912 percent its Medicare rate for the same services — according to data from Sage Transparency.
Nebraska legislators have unanimously passed a bill that would allow state agencies to follow the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Model, ABC affiliate NTV reported May 22.
Since April 1, Becker's has reported on physicians in California, Michigan, Ohio, New York and Texas, and a nurse in North Carolina, who were sentenced to prison terms of between 2.5 and 20 years for the respective opioid cases brought…
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, issued a warning about social media's effects on mental health in adolescents, according to a May 23 news release.
The New Mexico Department of Health will pay $215,000 to settle allegations that a patient was abused and neglected at the state-owned Behavioral Health Institute in Las Vegas, N.M., Albuquerque Journal reported May 22.
Former registered nurse Melissa Chacona, of Fuquay-Varina, N.C., was sentenced to four years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for tampering with surgery patients' painkillers, the Justice Department said May 22.
The Rhode Island State Psychiatric Hospital in Cranston received accreditation from The Joint Commission.
Snohomish County in Washington is investing $8 million into five projects to expand substance use and mental health treatment capacity, the Lynnwood Times reported May 22.
Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health plans to open a new mental health crisis center at its Saint Mary's campus in Grand Rapids, Mich., MLive reported May 22.