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HHS Commits $25M to Grow Primary Care, Mental Health Services in Schools; Tulalip Tribes Behavioral Health Facility in Washington Gets Green Light

Mental Health Leads the Way on Healthcare's Self-Employment Trend; Nebraska Bill Would Increase Mental Health Professionals' Authority in Emergency

Sen. John Fetterman Still Running His Office While in Inpatient Depression Treatment; Gauge Capital Invests in Behavioral Health Electronic Records Company

5 Hehavioral Health Trends Shaping the Economy; Biden's 2024 Budget Would Lower Medicare Behavioral Health Costs

U of Michigan to Offer Students Free Counseling Sessions; UCHealth Adds New Inpatient Unit

Former NFL Player, Alliance Health Open Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center; 15 Addiction Treatment Centers Close Following CEO Fraud Charges

BetterHelp Fined $7.8M by FTC; Lifepoint Behavioral Health, Centra Enter Joint Venture for New Inpatient Hospital

Hawaii Senate Passes 4 Behavioral Health Bills; Massachusetts Health Center Launches Mobile Behavioral Health Screenings

Brightline, Cigna form Strategic Partnership; February's 5 Biggest Behavioral Health Investments Total $2.5B: An Overview

Cerebral Lays Off 15% of Staff; 75% of Youth with Major Depression Aren't Being Treated in These 4 States

Black Physicians Utah Receives Grant from the NBA Foundation to Expand Mental Health Services; Illinois Governor Launches Children's Behavioral Health Initiative

Colorado Lawmakers Propose Bill for Mental Health Screenings in Schools; How Hospitalists are Maintaining Happiness, Mental Health

UHS' $61M Joint Venture Behavioral Hospital to Triple Region's Inpatient Capacity; Texas Children's, Menninger Clinic Team Up Amid 800% Spike in Youth Mental Health Needs

Nevada's Mental Health Crisis Hotline Encounters Language, Cultural Accessibility Issues; Trinity Health to Open New Mental Health Facility by 2025

New York Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Opioid Distribution; Maryland Lawmakers Introduce 7 Bills to Improve Mental Healthcare

Proposed Bill Seeks to Open Overdose Prevention Sites in Colorado; Cherokee Nation Unveils First In-House Drug Treatment Center

Digital Health Funding Down 57%: What to Know; Ballmer Group Invests $165M into School Support Services Nationwide

Aetna, Community Care Put $1.2 into Mental Health Counseling Degree Program in West Virginia; UnitedHealth Group Partners with East Carolina University on Pediatric Mental Health

$9M Awarded to Crisis Stabilization Services in Pennsylvania; UHS, LVHN Team Up for Behavioral Health Joint Venture in Pennsylvania

BCBS Arizona Foundation to Invest $1M Toward Mental Health Initiatives; $9M Awarded to Crisis Stabilization Services in Pennsylvania

North Carolina Launches Online Registry for Behavioral Health Beds; Chicago Department of Public Health Expands Mental Health Network

Staffing Projected as Top Financial Strain for Behavioral Health Services in 2023; Mental Health America in Support of Biden's Mental Health Plan

Ballad Health Opens 24-hour Behavioral Health Center in Tennessee; Sun River Health Receives $3.8M to Expand Community Health Center Services in New York

Pennsylvania Rep Reintroduces Bill to Aid Homelessness and Behavioral Health; South Dakota Bill to Allocate $20M in Scholarships for Behavioral Health Careers Advances

Arizona Hospital to Open 24-Bed Inpatient Behavioral Health Center; Community Mental Health Affiliates Pays $384K to Settle Overbilling Allegations

Dr. Katie McLaughlin to Lead Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health; NAMI Los Angeles Adds Michele Broadnax to Board

Former Humana Leader Named Executive Chair of Mental Health AI company; Children's Hospital Los Angeles Receives $2.5M Grant for Behavioral Health Research

Dr. Shayla Sullivant, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Children’s Mercy Kansas City

CMS wants new annual state reports to gauge healthcare disparities; 62% of Medicare Advantage members unsatisfied with mental health coverage, study finds

CVS, Walgreens, Walmart must pay $650M to 2 Ohio counties for roles in opioid epidemic; UnitedHealth donates $11M to support behavioral healthcare, community services

How AMA is tackling physician mental health issues; South Florida mental health center earns Joint Commission gold seal

Behavioral health tops UPMC community assessment priorities; APA's stance on 6 mental health issues

Indiana tries out mental health program at 5 county jails; Selena Gomez's mental health startup scores $5M funding

Wisconsin allocates $14M for new behavioral health providers, youth mental health; Behavioral health company serving Medicaid patients announces value-based care contract

BrightView acquires Column Health, aims to add 200 locations by 2027; Amazon Care adds on-demand behavioral healthcare option

HearMe, Ingenovis Health partner to provide nurses with 24/7 mental health support; Online therapy directory accused of using physicians' profiles without their OK to lure clients

Mass. correctional psych hospital uses excessive force, injections, report alleges; Mental health software market to reach $5.6B market value in 2028: 3 key factors driving growth

Colorado psychiatrist indicted on prescription drug charges; Overview of Briden's expanded mental health crisis strategy

TidalHealth opens joint venture behavioral crisis center; Allegheny Health partners with nonprofit for new outpatient behavioral clinic

New Jersey psychiatrist found guilty of sexually assaulting former patient; Government health authorities consider task force for psychedelic, entactogenic therapy testing in 2 years

Shuttered California hospital opens with behavioral health focus; Ingenovis Health launches staff wellbeing, retention program

Massachusetts General Hospital granted $50M for suicidality, bipolar research; Washington, DC, psychiatric patients abused by staff, rights organization alleges

Stuart Archer, Chief Executive Officer at Oceans Healthcare

Abbott's breakthrough deep brain stimulation treatment; NYC Health+Hospitals has $1M to ease mental health clinicians' student debt: do you qualify?

New moves by National Alliance on Mental Illness; 30% of healthcare workers clinically depressed, French study shows

CVS Health names Dr. Taft Parsons, III, its new chief psychiatric officer; Bicycle health, Included Health partner to boost opioid treatment access

Big Stories in Behavioral Health for 8/1

Steven Airhart, Group CEO, Hartgrove Behavioral Health System & Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital with Universal Health Services (UHS)

Children more likely to inherit anxiety from same-sex parent, study finds; Neuronetics, Alleviant Health form exclusive partnership

At-home ketamine therapy 'incredibly effective,' study finds; FDA approves Neuronetics' transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment for depression-related anxiety

Duke psychiatrists push more mental health resources for adolescents; AI chatbot app Wysa lands $20M

Psychiatric ward staffers quit NYC hospital; U of Wash. plans 184K-sq-ft behavioral health teaching facility

'No convincing evidence' that depression is caused by chemical imbalance, study finds; $237M Texas psychiatric hospital won't 'provide any relief,' county official says

How Colorado strengths its pipeline of mental health workers; Texas psychiatrist's license indefinitely suspended after assault, gun charges

Pittsburgh's program treats prenatal, postpartum depression in Black families; Nevada program links counselors, police responding to mental health crises

CMS seeks 2023 fee boost for behavioral health physicians; 8 issues with major depressive disorder treatment, per Psychiatric Times

Chicago's Compass Health Center now in-network with Optum; N.C. psychiatric hospital expands, now faces crippling staff shortages

Company Arise to treat eating disorders virtually; N.Y. county combatting opioid crisis with $63M

Liabilities of digital mental health companies; Ohio provider opening multiple behavioral health clinics with SAMHSA grant

California county invests $50M in behavioral health; Study finds transcorneal electrical stimulation reduces stress in lab rats

Psychiatrist sentenced for $112M addiction treatment fraud, Aetna expands youth mental health programs

New York 'at a crisis point' with children's mental healthcare, Key notes on Medicare's latest behavioral health proposal

California hospitals must begin sharing patient data; Acadia, Tufts building behavioral health hospital near Boston

Study finds U.S. adult suicide rates dropped after medicaid expansion; Key takeaways from bipartisan Safer Communities Act

Social media safeguards for children, California health system gets $76M to build behavioral health campus

Sheridan Memorial Health's plan to combat lack of psychiatric care; Northwell Health changes credentialing to accommodate mental health

Sheridan Memorial Health's plan to combat lack of psychiatric care; Northwell Health changes credentialing to accommodate mental health

Sheridan Memorial Health's plan to combat lack of psychiatric care; Northwell Health changes credentialing to accommodate mental health

Children's Minnesota opening its first inpatient mental health unit, FDA breakthrough designation for VR device that treats serious mental illness

In-home mental health treatment program alternative to ER

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The Behavioral Health field in review: Top stories for June 21

Behavioral Health News Update - 6/17/2022

New Hackensack brand campaign, Broward Health offers innovative program for stroke risk

Pioneer of forgiveness therapy awarded APA medal, Elite group of mental health professionals deployed to Ukraine

Behavioral Health Brief June 10: How to support your physicians with 5 mental health tips

Mt Sinai nurses publish report, Joint Commission facing pressure to require safe staffing for accreditation

Behavioral Health Brief June: $1M PTSD treatment center, Florida budgets almost $300M for mental health services

Dr. Brian Palmer, Psychiatrist at Allina Health

Dr. Patrick Runnels, Chief Medical Officer of Population Health at University Hospitals & Vice Chair of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

The Future of Online Mental Health Care

Dr. Christopher Reist, Chief Medical Officer at Prairie Health

Emily Snow, Director of Behavioral Health Initiatives at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City

Paul Sheesley, Psychotherapist & Consultant in the Washington DC-Baltimore Area