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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has committed $255 million to New York City-based Vibrant Emotional Health to support the operation of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Here are four things to know:

As 988 call volumes continue to rise, Nashville, Tenn.-based Centerstone is investing in its “three-legged stool” approach — workforce training, quality improvement and clinical support — to prepare staff for increasingly high-acuity and socially complex calls.  Centerstone operates 988 lifeline…

As behavioral health systems move beyond the immediate post-pandemic push to expand care access, leaders across the industry are increasingly asking a more complex question: What does high-quality behavioral healthcare look like? For Omar Fattal, MD, system chief of behavioral…

Behavioral health leaders are increasingly being asked to balance safety, access, staffing pressures and financial realities, often all at the same time.  Sarah Hollins, director of behavioral health services at WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg, W.Va., recently…

Psychiatrists reported an average 3% compensation decline in 2025, even as most physicians overall saw pay growth that outpaced inflation, according to Medscape’s 2026 physician compensation report.  The report was based on an online survey of U.S. physicians. Respondents were…

Renton, Wash.-based Providence is participating in a federally funded research initiative to develop an AI model designed to predict and manage mental health and substance use crises. The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health awarded the software company Ksana Health…