Becker’s Behavioral Health

AI is earning its keep in parts of behavioral health operations. For the care managers and social workers who meet with patients every month, it isn’t there yet, according to Corey Cronrath, DO, chief medical officer and chief technology officer…

From a 292-bed state-funded psychiatric hospital in Texas to New Mexico’s only children’s emergency psychiatric unit, hospitals and health systems are expanding behavioral health access as demand continues to grow. Here are 62 behavioral health projects to know:

A drop in drug overdose deaths drove most of the 2025 decline in unintentional injury deaths, the largest single contributor to the falling U.S. death rate, according to an Oct. 27 analysis from HHS’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for…

A series of recent studies highlights widening gaps in mental health access, shifting prescription patterns and mixed outcomes across behavioral healthcare in the U.S. The findings point to growing pressures on providers, uneven availability of services and emerging questions around…

Winchester, Va.-based Valley Health opened its Behavioral Health Pavilion Oct. 26, consolidating outpatient mental and behavioral health services previously spread across several locations into one facility on the Winchester Medical Center campus. The pavilion serves children and adolescents ages 5-17…

Health systems are investing in care coordination programs for patients who visit the emergency department most often, many of them for needs the ED can’t meet. By connecting patients with housing, food, transportation, behavioral health and medical services, the goal…

A case report from researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora links tirzepatide, sold as Zepbound, to lithium toxicity in a 50-year-old woman with bipolar disorder. It is the fourth reported case of tirzepatide-associated lithium toxicity,…

The Illinois Department of Human Services will keep 25 of 75 minimum-security mental health beds open at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna, Ill., scaling back a plan to close all of them. The department will phase out…