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Mental healthcare feeling strain of state budget cuts, study says

Mar 27, 2013 | Behavioral Health News

By Jessica Zigmond Mental healthcare services continue to feel the pinch of strained state budgets, as a new study shows states cut more than $1.6 billion in general funds from their state mental health agency budgets from fiscal years 2009 through 2012. The findings...

More seniors with mental health issues ending up in the ER

Mar 27, 2013 | Behavioral Health News

By Stephanie Bouchard, Associate Editor, Healthcare Finance News HONOLULU – A study presented last month at the annual American Psychiatric Association conference points to a pending crisis in geriatric psychiatry and potential healthcare cost increases as older...

States slash $1.8 billion in mental health funds since 2009

Mar 27, 2013 | Behavioral Health News

By Sophie Terbush, USA TODAY Since 2009, state legislatures have cut $1.8 billion in non-Medicaid mental health spending, according to a report released today by the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Vital services cut include community- and hospital-based...

Of Medical Specialties, Demand for Psychiatrists Growing Fastest

Mar 27, 2013 | Behavioral Health News

By Stephanie Steinberg, USA TODAY A national physician recruiting firm says the demand for psychiatrists is climbing faster than for any other medical specialty. From April 2009 to March 2010, the company Merritt Hawkins received 179 requests for psychiatrists —...

Joint SAMHSA AHRQ Study Reveals that the Vast Majority of Psychiatric Treatment in Community Hospitals Occurs in Specialty Units

Mar 27, 2013 | Behavioral Health News

Over 90 percent of psychiatric patients who received treatment in community hospitals were cared for in hospital-based psychiatric specialty units, according to a study sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the U.S....
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