An overwhelming majority of Americans believe the country is living through a mental health crisis, but many continue to fundamentally misunderstand how to access it, according to a survey from Talkiatry, one of the largest employers of psychiatrists in the…
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Alabama has the fewest mental health providers per capita of any state — 850 residents for every provider — while Massachusetts has the most, with 140 residents per provider, according to a Mental Health America report.
Kansas has been given a $1 million, one-year planning grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to expand the state's certified community behavioral health clinics.
The state of Colorado will begin offering $14,000 signing bonuses for nurses who agree to work at the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Fort Logan and Pueblo, NBC affiliate 9News reported March 16.
Sacramento and Solano counties in California are in a current dispute with the state over mental health coverage for Medicaid beneficiaries, CapRadio reported March 16.
The West Virginia state legislature has completed action on a bill that would limit the number of treatment beds for substance use disorder patients in each county, according to a March 12 report from NBC affiliate WTAP.
The behavioral health software market is expected to reach $10.13 billion by 2030, according to market research agency SNS Insider.
NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County opened a long stay facility with capacity for 25 patients with severe and persistent mental illness.
The behavioral health industry is projected by many to see rapid growth over the next few years, but the path isn't free of obstacles.
Behavioral health platform Hims & Hers Health named Daniel Lieberman, MD, the company's senior vice president of mental health.