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BSP Celebrating 10 Years in Business!
After years in behavioral hospital design and construction all over the nation, Lee and David DeLoache saw a need that they could fill. Plant operations personnel, corporate safety departments, and design professionals needed both a consultant and a single source for...
Creating Awareness, Reducing Stigma
Since 1949, May has been observed as National Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental health illnesses are directly linked to suicide. One in four Americans struggles with mental health. Tragically, more people die from suicide in the United States than traffic...
The Joint Commission Publishes Study on Universal Suicidal Screening
Last month’s issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety highlighted a study about suicide detection systems conducted by the Parkland Hospital System in Dallas. The sad reality is that suicide has increased over the past 10 years and many...
Study Finds Link Between Physical Pain & Mental Disorder
A new study shows that people with mental disorders may feel physical pain more acutely and be less able to cope with it. As a result, people with anxiety and depression use a disproportionate amount of painkillers. Researchers estimated that 7.2 million of the...