Cheyenne Regional Medical Center (CRMC) has partnered with GamFin, a national nonprofit focused on financial recovery from problem gambling, to offer free, confidential financial counseling to Laramie County residents harmed by problem gambling.
Access to Behavioral Health
Bartlett Regional Hospital launched a behavioral health Mobile Crisis Program in conjunction with the hospital, psychiatric clinicians and paramedics who answer 911 and 988 calls related to suicidality, depression, substance use disorders and other mental health crises.
Vail Health leaders established a full continuum of behavioral health services, including a new inpatient behavioral health hospital.
The Department of Health and Human Services June 8 released a request for information on research, policy and strategies to improve addiction and mental illness prevention, treatment and recovery. HHS said it seeks to identify successful initiatives,…
The House Appropriations Committee June 4 released the fiscal year 2027 appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and related agencies.
The AHA joins the health care field “to elevate a conversation” about behavioral health.
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday announced an action plan on psychiatric prescribing, including efforts to initiate deprescribing based on clinical indicators, “especially among children.” HHS said its agencies will evaluate prescription patterns for psychiatric…
Someone struggling with substance use disorder may not know how or where to ask for help. Since 2008, Project Engage from ChristianaCare in Wilmington, Del., has brought help to them.
AHA members are working every day to expand behavioral health access, integrate care, strengthen the workforce and reduce stigma, often while navigating limited resources and outdated systems that have not kept pace with need.
Because mental and physical health are intertwined, one approach to transforming care delivery is integrating behavioral and physical health care.