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Can acupuncture ease your chronic pain?

Acupuncture dates back 2,000 years but we are just now learning how it can help conditions like chronic pain. Here’s what the latest research suggests.

9 Surprising Facts About Learning and Attention Issues

Do you think you know a lot about learning disabilities and ADHD? Here are nine facts that might surprise you about LD.

How Effective Are PTSD Treatments for Veterans?

Though many treatments for PTSD can alleviate symptoms, veterans continue to meet the criteria for the disorder

6 Tips to Reduce Your Daily Stress and Anxiety

Behavioral Health Survey: You’re invited to participate

Employers increasingly recognize the role of behavioral health as a critical part of health care.

Mental and Behavioral Health and Older Americans

As America’s population ages, the need for mental and behavioral health services continues to increase and psychologists are critical in addressing these needs.

What does “non-institutional design” mean for Behavioral Health?

Tuesday, September 24, 2019Most design guides recommend a “non-institutional” aesthetic for fixtures and furniture in behavioral health facilities, often in the context of recommending “therapeutic” design. But what does that really mean? How can designers and specifiers make that choice objectivelyHere at Visa Lighting, we’ve developed each behavioral health luminaire with therapeutic design in mind—so we know what it means to us as manufacturers…

6 startups to watch that are tackling youth mental and behavioral health

Akili, Brightline, Daybreak, and other mental- and behavioral-health startups are using technology to improve children's and students' mental health.

Behavioral health study aims to improve health of the force

Soldiers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team participated in the second phase of an ongoing behavioral health study taking place within the 3rd Infantry Division, Aug. 13-17, on Fort Stewart, Ga.

HOK Q+A: Behavioral Health Design for Healing and Wellness

HOK's Jeff Goodale, Virginia Pankey and Mara Baum discuss trends for designing behavioral health facilities that provide healing environments for all.

Core competencies and abilities of preventionists

This web conference was the first in a series discussing the contents of a prevention resource packet developed by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC). Ever wonder what makes a goo…

Designing textiles with behavioral health in mind

A look at creative ways hospitals can make patients seeking behavioral health services feel comfortable and safe.

Will The Meaningful Use Program Be Extended To Behavioral Health?

A new world of Meaningful Use is set to open up for VARs, and it comes from the behavioral health arena.

How to Integrate Clinical Care with Mental, Behavioral Healthcare

Providing holistic, coordinated care requires a combination of mental health and clinical wellness, but how can healthcare organizations overcome integration barriers to improve patient outcomes?

Integrated Behavioral Health: Expectations vs Realities?

Unfortunately, many of our expectations of integrated behavioral healthcare are a far cry from reality. Proper digital health solutions will help serve as..

Behavioral Health Problems: Does my Child Need Professional Help?

You’re starting to notice that things have been a little “off” with your child lately: sleeping and eating habits have changed. Suddenly, he or she isn't hanging out with the same group of friends. Susan LaVelle Ficke PysD says if the changes – whatever they may be – are prolonged, you may need to seek help.

How digital records could improve mental health care

Better documentation is crucial to improve continuity of care, but stakes are raised even higher when it comes to protecting patients’ mental health records.