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Onward Behavioral Health, a leading provider of outpatient substance abuse treatment, eating disorder treatment, and mental health counseling is happy to announce the opening of several new programs within their Light Program division. New programs have been started in several of Onward Behavioral Health’s locations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Philadelphia, PN (PRWEB) September 12, 2012 Onward Behavioral Health (http://www.obhcares.com) has served the Philadelphia region for nearly...
WASHINGTON, August 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Behavioral healthcare systems are playing a major role in responding to the needs of the millions of Americans of all ages who experience psychiatric and substance use conditions each year, according to the latest annual survey from the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS) released today. Data were analyzed and reported by Dobson DaVanzo & Associates, LLC, Vienna, VA. The new NAPHS Annual Survey reports...
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Behavioral healthcare systems are playing a major role in responding to the needs of the millions of Americans of all ages who experience psychiatric and substance use conditions each year, according to the latest annual survey from the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS) released today. The new 2010 NAPHS Annual Survey provides two distinct views of behavioral healthcare delivery. One chapter provides a trend...
READING, Pa., Dec. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Haven Behavioral Hospital of Eastern Pennsylvania announced today it has hired John G. Robison as the chief executive officer (CEO). The hospital, which opened in September 2010, operates within the downtown campus of St. Joseph Medical Center. It offers services for adults suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety disorders. There are 28 inpatient acute beds as well as a partial hospital program. "I'm honored to be...
READING, Pa., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Haven Behavioral Hospital of Eastern Pennsylvania announced today it is offering acute intensive, inpatient and partial day treatment programs for adults with major psychiatric illnesses. The hospital will operate within the downtown campus of St. Joseph Medical Center and will offer services for adults suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety disorders. There will be 28 inpatient acute and partial care beds at the new...
By Aly Van Dyke, The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. Jul. 14--After waiting 10 hours in the emergency room at Community Medical Center in Scranton, a 9-year-old boy finally was given a bed in a children's inpatient psychiatric ward -- in Philadelphia. The boy arrived via ambulance at Friends Hospital at 3:30 a.m., nearly 13 hours after he and his grandparents first arrived at CMC because his numerous mental health disorders left him uncontrollably violent. "We shouldn't have to go that far,"...
