Behavioral Health Care Delivery
University of Illinois Chicago's Pauline Maki, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, psychology, and obstetrics and gynecology, and Makeba Williams, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, unpack why menopause care is finally having a breakthrough moment.
The Food and Drug Administration today announced it is accelerating regulatory action on a new class of psychedelic-based therapies, following an April 18 executive order calling to speed up access to treatments for serious mental illness.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has released an advisory examining innovative solutions to close gaps in behavioral health care deserts.
Jeremy Fish, M.D., director of the Family Medicine Residency Program at John Muir Health, and Pilar Corcoran-Lozano, behavioral health corps faculty and supervising psychologist of the co-training program at John Muir Health, discuss how training physicians and behavioral health professionals as a…
To effectively serve communities in crisis, hospitals and health systems must adopt a larger scale, population-based approach to behavioral health.
Designed as a “caring and sensitive environment,” the Ray of Hope unit at Cottage Hospital addresses behavioral health needs associated with aging.
The Department of Health and Human Services today announced a new behavioral health initiative to assist homeless individuals with substance use treatment and recovery. The program, called the Safety Through Recovery, Engagement, and Evidence-based Treatment and Supports, or STREETS, will…
Mental and physical health are intertwined — this has long been established. One way of transforming the way we approach care delivery is to provide whole-person care through the integration of behavioral and physical health. Integrated care takes systemic coordination and can be complex. In this…
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital’s Connecticut Mental Health Center has a certified opiate addiction counselor that helps individuals who are dependent on opiates connect with resources throughout the region.
The AHA has released an issue brief on the role of peer support specialists in behavioral health.