‘We Need This on the Front Line of Care’: TMS Rises as Vital Tool in Outpatient Mental Health

This is an exclusive BHB+ story Outpatient mental health providers increasingly see transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as a potential answer to helping patients with treatment-resistant depression find relief. But the path to including this type of intervention in the context of existing therapy and psychiatry offerings is a winding and not-terribly-well-trodden path. A growing body […]

Avoiding Shiny New Toys, Achieving Operational Efficiency Critical for Outpatient Mental Health Companies

The behavioral health market has exploded since the COVID-19 pandemic. Investors and provider organizations have paid premiums to grow their behavioral health footprint. But, industry insiders warn that the outpatient behavioral health industry is a tough business. The success stories in the space will likely be the companies keeping their operations tight and demonstrating improved […]

Psychedelics Must Be Based in ‘Traditional Psychiatric’ Care

For all the hype, psychedelics such as MDMA or psilocybin won’t succeed as a treatment or service line without substantial clinical support within behavioral health organizations. As recent ketamine-provider stumbles demonstrate, simply establishing access to and attempting to scale singular forms of treatment tend to lead to failure. Further, such treatment-specific ventures fail to address […]