At least five people in the U.S. died while or shortly after their heads were covered with spit hoods while under medical supervision by state-run psychiatric facilities, The Seattle Times reported Jan. 25. The Times surveryed all 50 states to…
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Peer support specialists were linked to an average reduction of 43% in inpatient services and a 30% increase in outpatient visits, according to a January brief from the American Hospital Association. Hospitals and health systems are increasingly integrating peer support…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research has opened the Center for Psychedelics Research and Treatment at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks. The center includes the Feinstein Family Human Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory, which features “a driving…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Centerstone and Stamford, Conn.-based Cohen Veterans Network, a nonprofit network of mental health clinics for service members, veterans and their families, will open their first joint mental health clinic in Kansas near Fort Riley in Manhattan, Kan., in…
At Cedar Crest Hospital in Belton, Texas, pharmacy leadership spent the past year focused on one core shift: modernizing medication distribution to improve safety in a high-risk psychiatric setting. Edith Okolo, PharmD, director of pharmacy, said 2025 marked a major…
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Recovery Centers of America has named Jason Kirby, DO, an addiction and family medicine physician, as chief medical officer. Dr. Kirby brings more than a decade of experience in addiction treatment and behavioral health, with a…
Humana has established a $3 million scholarship fund to support medical education focused on integrated care amid ongoing workforce shortages. The Humana Health Workforce Scholarship Fund will provide full tuition scholarships annually to incoming students at Xavier Ochsner College of…
As AI chatbot use accelerates, behavioral health clinicians are reporting concrete high-risk cases tied to patient destabilization and even treating patients as if they have an addiction, The New York Times reported Jan. 26. More than 100 therapists and psychiatrists…
Picture a clinical environment where physicians regularly engage with their own data, discuss practice patterns openly and drive improvement together. This playbook shows how to make that culture a reality. It offers a structured, 10-step approach for physician leaders seeking…
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When the CEO of behavioral health payer and managed care organization Magellan Health thinks about AI, its use falls into several buckets. But the verdict on whether AI could replace providers is unclear. Caroline Carney, MD, of Centene subsidiary Magellan…