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National Council for Mental Wellbeing’s 4 priorities for Congress
On Nov. 4, the National Council for Mental Wellbeing set four policy priorities for the 120th Congress and pledged to work with lawmakers from both parties to expand access to mental health and substance use care. The Washington, D.C.-based organization represents about 3,000 mental health…
LifeStance CEO Teases Psychedelics in the Company’s Future
The leadership of LifeStance Health Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LFST) said it’s too early to talk about how it will handle the looming approval of the first genuinely psychedelic intervention. However, company leadership expressed confidence that its growing specialty division has the chops to adopt a…
Acadia’s Bed Ramp Strategy Begins to Pay Off
Acadia Healthcare (Nasdaq: ACHC) had a strong third quarter with $895.3 million in total revenue, up 5.1% compared with the same period in 2025. The behavioral health and addiction treatment monolith has focused heavily on adding beds across the facilities it has opened over the…
How Changing Reimbursement Realities Are Rewriting Behavioral Health M&A
This is an exclusive BHB+ article. The growth-at-all-costs days are over in behavioral health. Buyers now want operators with density, sustainable reimbursement models and a deep continuum of care, according to industry insiders I spoke with at Behavioral Health Business’ INVEST conference last week. It’s…
Where 5 health systems are investing in interventional psychiatry
For patients with treatment-resistant depression, the next step after medication and therapy is increasingly interventional psychiatry. Health systems are adding chairs for transcranial magnetic stimulation, moving to accelerated protocols that shrink weeks of treatment into days, and protecting electroconvulsive therapy programs even as rising costs…
Illinois student mental health screenings face federal consent demand
The U.S. Department of Education’s Student Privacy Policy Office demanded Oct. 30 that the Illinois State Board of Education revise its guidance on student mental health screenings, warning that conducting them without written parental consent and separating the results from education records could violate federal…
Montana system to end outpatient psychiatry, counseling services
Great Falls, Mont.-based Benefis Health System will cut and consolidate several services starting Dec. 19. According to an email sent to Benefis staff, the decision was made to keep the system from moving into an operating loss and to prepare for a more financially difficult…
Talking With Titans: Sheldon Preskorn, MD, on the Evolution of Psychopharmacology
Experts discuss psychopharmacology from discovery of CYP enzymes to modern serum testing. — From Psychiatric Times articles Read More
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Heterogeneity in Major Depression: Rethinking Multimodal Prediction of Antidepressant Response
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Bovine-Derived Adrenal Cortex Supplement Self-Medication for Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
Original Source: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, all rights reserved. — Adrenal cortex supplements are commonly marketed for fatigue, stress, and nonspecific somatic complaints, often promoted for “adrenal fatigue.” The condition is not recognized in formal medical diagnosis or the nosological system. Despite limited evidence supporting…
Prescription Patterns in Canadian Operational Stress Injury Clinics: An In-Depth Examination of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment Practices
Original Source: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, all rights reserved. — posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is highly prevalent among military and public safety personnel and is frequently accompanied by comorbid conditions such as depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and substance use disorders.1 Across countries, clinical practice guidelines…
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