The traditional “heads on beds” revenue model is no longer enough to sustain a healthy behavioral health operation. Declining reimbursements, growing patient financial responsibility, and increased payer scrutiny changed the economics of treatment. Providers must rethink how they manage patient…
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Cannabis in pregnancy: postpartum psychiatric crises
A University of California study of over 2million deliveries found that pregnant women with cannabis use disorder had a 10% rate of postpartum psychiatric emergency visits, compared to 2.7% among those without it, CUD in pregnancy linked to a 40%…
A light switch to reduce addiction
Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of Southern California presented an experimental opioid painkiller designed to be reversibly switched “on” and “off” with different light frequencies to keep its action local and out of the brain. Their findings might eliminate…
US injecting drug users 2025-2034
Harvard Medical School et al published Projected health and economic outcomes in people who inject drugs in the US 2025-2034 – and warned that the US will face increasing IDU-related deaths and healthcare costs over the next decade with current…
Join the Global youth survey 2026
If you are working in, studying or just interested in substance use and related fields, the Global Youth Survey 2026 wants to hear from you. It is open to anyone aged 18 to 35, anywhere in the world but Oceania…
Guide: youth alcohol/drug services
This UK Department of Health & Social Care Children and young people’s alcohol and drug services: framework sets out how local areas should design, commission and provide high-quality alcohol and drug support for young people. It covers interventions for children…
2026 UK counselling and therapy trends and attitudes
The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy’s Public Perceptions Survey found that 37% of 5,000 people surveyed said they had seen a therapist, up from 35% last year (29% men, 44% women). 72% found it helpful and 76% recommended it. 30%…
Addiction recovery, housing, employment
New housing benefit rules introduced on 5 October give eligible residents greater scope to enter employment, work more hours or increase their earnings while retaining the housing support they still need. That matters because employment offers much more than a…
We need more demand reduction
In Selecting for potency: are drug controls shaping the evolution of illicit drug markets?, Royal Sussex County Hospital et al confirmed that supply-side interventions alone are insufficient – greater emphasis on prevention, treatment, harm reduction and social interventions is necessary. This…
