John Capecelatro, CEO and co-founder of New York City-based Radial, was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory bowel condition, when he was 8 years old and spent most of his childhood in a state of illness. He has lived…
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Tulsa-based CREOKS Health Services has been selected to guide the completion and operation of Oklahoma County’s Behavioral Care Center, which is under construction at the site of a new county jail, The Oklahoman reported Dec. 8. The facility is part…
Behavioral health nurses had the highest turnover rate among nursing specialties in 2024, according to the NSI National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report. The 2025 report, released in March, includes survey findings from 450 hospitals in 37 states…
A record 91% of eighth grade students and 82% of 10th grade students reported no use of alcohol, cannabis or nicotine in the past 30 days, according to a study conducted by the Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Institute for…
The National Alliance on Mental Illness is partnering with Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to evaluate how AI tools respond to mental health queries. The effort is being led in partnership with John Torous, MD, and the Division of…
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A study analyzing Medicaid data from 2001 to 2019 found shifts in prescribing trends for controlled medications, with declines in opioids, benzodiazepines and Z-hypnotics, but rising stimulant and gabapentin use among young adults. The findings underscore both improved prescribing caution…
Healthcare workers face elevated rates of depression, burnout and suicide, yet many are reluctant to seek mental health treatment due to stigma, licensing concerns and limited access, Pew reported Dec. 11. Here are five things to know about the risks and…
Nurses at Cleveland-based MetroHealth’s Behavioral Health Hospital raised safety concerns during a Dec. 9 Cuyahoga County Council public hearing, citing dangerous working conditions and inadequate staffing, Ideastream Public Media reported Dec. 10. MetroHealth behavioral health nurses voted to unionize in…
The American Psychological Association’s latest Practitioner Pulse Survey, released in December, sheds light on how psychologists are using AI in clinical and administrative settings — and the ethical and operational challenges that come with it. The survey, based on responses…
A cross-sectional study identified undisclosed financial conflicts of interest among physician authors in two leading U.S. psychiatry journals. Researchers from Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger and Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania reviewed 2,872 original research articles published between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec.…