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OCD Virtual Treatment at Forefront of New Partnership; Washington Buys Recently Shuttered Psychiatric Hospital · Becker's Healthcare Behavioral Health

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  Industry News Wednesday first
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  are an treatment option for patients with obsessive.
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  RY is a virtual platform that offers access to psychiatrists specializing in
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  medication management and supportive therapy.
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  OCD is also a virtual platform that provides access to therapists who specialize
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  in exposure and response prevention therapy.
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  Around half of individuals experiencing O C D require medication for successful
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  E R P treatment.
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  The partnership will make it easier to access the E R P treatment approach as
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  well as receive medication. Both services are in network for major insurers.
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  Second, Tufts medicine is partnering with behavioral health digital platform,
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  synchronous health, to increase patient access to certified therapists.
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  Synchronous offers telehealth sessions with mental health specialists.
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  Tufts currently has a one to three month wait time for kids who are experiencing
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  crises. Also,
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  the platform uses an AI bot called Carla to provide 24 7 behavioral and
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  mental health support to users. This includes personalized guidance,
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  coping strategies,
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  and tailored resources determined by patients and their therapists. Third,
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  the state of Washington is purchasing the recently closed Cascade Behavioral
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  Health Hospital for almost 30 million.
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  Acadia Healthcare owns the 1 37 bed psychiatric facility.
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  It closed last month.
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  After several concerns over staffed patient ratios and safety,
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  there was a three month strike in 2021.
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  The state is expected to take possession of the facility. Next week,
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  it'll serve 20 civil conversion patients with criminal charges from Western
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  State Hospital.
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