Behavioral Health News

There is something profoundly human about the work of healing. It is rarely linear, seldom predictable, and almost never confined to the structured boxes we create within healthcare systems. Yet somewhere between regulatory requirements, productivity expectations, and clinical documentation, we can lose sight of what brought many of us into this field: the belief that people ...

According to UN Women,  women spend about 2.5 times as many hours as men on unpaid care work, like caring for family members and managing household needs. The extra hours weigh heavily on their mental health, and 47...

Florida incarcerates more children than any other state in the country. Even while research shows harsh punishments and long sentences don’t rehabilitate kids — they keep them coming back. There needs to be another way to hold kids accountable because, right now, we are manufacturing the outcomes we claim to be fighting against.

A child under 17 who spends time...

The relationship between behavioral health and the justice system has traditionally been characterized by courtroom interaction, diversion programs, and people moving through a system built to process them. Today, that relationship is changing rapidly as the justice system ramps up oversight of fraud, and many providers are ill-prepared for what that means operationally.

The intersection of the criminal justice and behavioral health systems is neither a point nor a straight line. Rather, the overlap of these systems is a continuum; one in which the inflection points of systemic cross-contact can be identified and potentially addressed.

The clearest tool for identification of these points is the Sequential Intercept Model (SqIM)...