Behavioral Health

A group of leading nurse educators and policymakers are calling for more protections for nurses and staff who care for patients with psychiatric issues, including those in nursing facilities.

Face-to-face encounters are better. Talk about changing health. These are a couple of recommendations the American Medical Association offered for primary care doctors in addressing behavioral health with...

A federal proposal to broaden access to behavioral health services could be a boon for rural nursing homes and for facilities to “reimagine” how to use unoccupied beds, says one expert who also cautioned...

In the wake of a historic shortage of nurses and assistants, America’s nursing homes have been forced to get creative when it comes to hiring, scheduling and retaining workers. Now many are pushing lawmakers...

In the wake of a historic shortage of nurses and assistants, America’s nursing homes have been forced to get creative when it comes to hiring, scheduling and retaining workers. 

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Fewer residents with dementia now receive off-label antipsychotic drugs in VA nursing facilities. But overreliance on other behavior-modifying medications has spiked, a new study finds.

The new $15 million program will focus on workforce skills in an effort to strengthen behavioral healthcare delivery in long-term care facilities, HHS announced Monday.

iCare capitalizes on skilled nursing’s behavioral health opportunities … New trial data confirms that overactive bladder drug reduces urgency … Eli Lilly marketing campaign sets stage for Alzheimer’s...

For more than 20 years, Chris Wright has been doing what many other nursing home operators either can’t or won’t: taking patients with behavioral health diagnoses, treating them with embedded,...