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How behavioral health providers can solve staffing challenges with technology

How behavioral health providers can solve staffing challenges with technology

Most healthcare providers agree that the number one issue they currently face is staff retention and recruitment. The American Hospital Association recently called the labor shortages hospitals are experiencing a “national emergency,” predicting the global shortage of nurses will reach 1.1 million by the end of the year. The situation is only getting worse. A …

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Behavioral inhibition in childhood predicts social anxiety in adolescence, study finds

Behavioral inhibition in childhood predicts social anxiety in adolescence, study finds

A 7-year study of twins found that behavioral inhibition in childhood is associated with social anxiety in adolescence. Behavioral inhibition was mainly assessed by shyness. Parental stress and a number of other factors have been found to influence the strength of this association. The study was published in Development and psychopathology. Behavioral inhibition is a …

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Behavioral healthcare deficit called as demand soars

Behavioral healthcare deficit called as demand soars

BOSTON – The COVID pandemic has exacerbated a behavioral health crisis, particularly in Western Massachusetts, underscoring an urgent need for accessible community services, lawmakers and behavioral health care officials in Western Massachusetts have agreed during a recent virtual forum. “The roadmap for behavioral health is about finding the door and walking through that door to …

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Living well with type 2 diabetes |  SBM - Society for Behavioral Medicine

Living well with type 2 diabetes | SBM – Society for Behavioral Medicine

Ellen Joseph, PhD, University of Texas San Antonio Health Sciences Center; Patricia Robinson, Ph.D., Mountainview Consulting Group; and Kathryn Kanzler, PsyD, ABPP, Baylor College of Medicine See this article in Spanish. Managing diabetes can feel overwhelming, exhausting and frustrating. It’s no wonder that many people can’t keep up with diabetes management and have a life …

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Iris Telehealth Achieves Joint Commission Behavioral Healthcare Recertification

Iris Telehealth Achieves Joint Commission Behavioral Healthcare Recertification

The designation recognizes the company’s commitment to providing high quality telepsychiatry services AUSTIN, TX, December 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Iris Telehealth, a leading provider of telepsychiatry services to health systems and community health centers across the United States, today announced that it has been recertified with the Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® co-ed for behavioral …

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Discovery Behavioral Health Opens Eating Disorder Treatment Center in Milwaukee

Discovery Behavioral Health Opens Eating Disorder Treatment Center in Milwaukee

Center For Discovery provides outpatient and residential treatment ANGELS, December 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Discovery Behavioral Health, Inc., a growing network of evidence-based mental health, addiction and eating disorder treatment centers, has opened a new 48-bed facility in the heart of downtown Milwaukee. Located in a seven-story skyscraper, the facility will offer adult programming under …

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Discovery Behavioral Health Announces Appointment of Dr. Joseph Garbely as Medical Director of Brookdale Premiere Addiction Recovery

Discovery Behavioral Health Announces Appointment of Dr. Joseph Garbely as Medical Director of Brookdale Premiere Addiction Recovery

ANGELS, December 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Behavioral Health Discovery, Inc., a growing network of evidence-based mental health, addiction and eating disorder treatment centers, announced the appointment of Dr. Joseph GarbelyDO, DFASAM, FAPA as Medical Director of Brookdale Premiere Addiction Recovery, a DBH treatment center in Scotrun, Penn. Dr. Joseph Garbely, Medical Director of Brookdale Premier …

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What Employers Need to Know About Behavioral Health Parity Rules |  Maryland Daily Record

What Employers Need to Know About Behavioral Health Parity Rules | Maryland Daily Record

With increasing regulatory scrutiny and litigation by employees against employer-sponsored group health plans, now might be a good time to find out if your employer-sponsored group health plan complies with gender parity rules. behavioral health. In 2008, Congress passed the Mental Health Parity and Substance Abuse Equity Act (MHPAEA). This law requires large group health …

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Lutheran's Maple Heights Behavioral Health Facility will offer a new psychiatric care option

Lutheran’s Maple Heights Behavioral Health Facility will offer a new psychiatric care option

The numbers are staggering: one in five adults suffers from mental illness each year. For one in 20 people, it’s a serious mental illness every year. And one in six children, aged 6 to 17, suffers from a mental health disorder each year. Many people are one personal disaster away from needing mental health treatment, …

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Saginaw Council to spend $5 million on new behavioral health clinic in town

Saginaw Council to spend $5 million on new behavioral health clinic in town

SAGINAW, MI — Saginaw will donate $5 million for a new $15 million behavioral health clinic in the community. At a meeting on Monday, Nov. 28, the Saginaw City Council voted 7-1 to invest in the Saginaw-based clinic using part of the US$52 million Bailout Act stimulus fund. . Officials said the behavioral health clinic …

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