Psych Beds: Too Many, Not Enough

There’s a lot of investment happening in new inpatient psychiatric facilities nationwide. In New Hampshire, the state will invest in building a 120-bed behavioral health hospital over the next year (see State Okays Contracts To Build Out Mental Health Facilities, Amid Ongoing Waitlist Concern). In New Orleans, Beacon Behavioral just opened a 24-bed facility—its fifth in-patient facility (see  Beacon Behavioral Hospital Opens West Bank Location). In Colorado, a new inpatient psychiatric unit at the UCHealth campus opens this summer (see UCHealth Adding An Important New Mental Health Resource For Colorado). In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom . . .