Amelia Ickes

Mar 22, 2024 | beckersbehavioralhealth.com | Amelia Ickes |Amelia Ickes -

Here are seven behavioral health leadership moves to know that Becker's has reported on so far in March: Richard Leclerc was approved as the new director of the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals. Mary Pawlikowski, the president of Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., and Vanderbilt Behavioral Health, announced plans to retire at the end of the fiscal year.

Mar 22, 2024 | beckersbehavioralhealth.com | Amelia Ickes |Amelia Ickes -

Plano, Texas-based Oceans Healthcare has appointed Michael Jellinek, MD, and Courtney Phillips, PhD, to its board of directors. Dr. Jellinek is a practicing psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry and of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School in Boston, according to a March 21 news release from Oceans. He previously served as chief of child psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Dr. Phillips most recently served as secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.

Mar 22, 2024 | beckersbehavioralhealth.com | Amelia Ickes |Amelia Ickes -

The city of Boston is spending $21 million to increase access to mental and behavioral health services and programs throughout the city. The funding will support the Boston Public Health Commission and Boston Public Schools over five years, according to a March 20 news release. The money comes from federal funding and grants from the American Rescue Plan Act, the Education Department and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Mar 22, 2024 | beckersbehavioralhealth.com | Amelia Ickes |Amelia Ickes -

NorthCare has opened a new certified community behavioral health clinic in Edmond, Okla. The new facility will offer outpatient and voluntary services for children, adults and families facing mental illness or substance use needs, with an urgent recovery center expected to open later in the year, according to a March 20 news release.

Mar 22, 2024 | beckersbehavioralhealth.com | Amelia Ickes |Amelia Ickes -

California voters have approved a ballot measure that aims to address the state's homelessness crisis and transform mental healthcare, NPR reported March 21. Proposition 1 is a combination of two bills that would fund the modernization of California's mental health system, marking the first update to the system in two decades. The final count on the approval comes over two weeks after the California primary on March 5.