UPMC Western Behavioral Health at Twin Lakes in Somerset, Pa., has expanded its inpatient treatment facility, according to a June 30 report from the Daily American.
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Acadia Healthcare has partnered with SolutionHealth — the parent organization of Elliot Health System and Southern New Hampshire Health — to build a new behavioral health hospital in Southeast New Hampshire.
Santa Monica, Calif.-based Headspace Health has laid off 15 percent of its workforce, according to a June 29 report from the Los Angeles Times.
Executives from Avel eCare, a clinician-to-clinician telemedicine services provider, met with U.S. Senate staff to discuss Virtual Crisis Care, a telemedicine program that allows law enforcement to connect with behavioral health professionals in situations when citizens are having a mental…
Here are 12 behavioral health centers that have opened or expanded that Becker's has reported on in June:
The Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Indian Education, has awarded an additional five-year contract to increase access to behavioral health support to students and staff at Bureau-funded schools and programs.
Behavioral health providers Woods Systems of Care and Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services have announced their intent to affiliate.
Boston Children's Hospital and Brighton, Mass.-based Franciscan Children's will close on an affiliation agreement and partner to expand mental health care for children, according to a June 29 report from NBC affiliate WBTS.
As rates of mental health conditions continue to rise, alarming trends within the behavioral health space threaten access to care. Underfunding, limited services, and an overburdened workforce all act as barriers to care nationwide.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness has recognized Dartmouth Health psychiatrist Jeffrey C. Fetter, MD, as an NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist, according to a June 29 news release shared with Becker's.