Becker's Healthcare September 18, 2025
As funding, workforce and access challenges persist, the future of behavioral health could hinge on partnerships and cross-industry collaboration to weather the storm.
“The future of children’s behavioral health will rise or fall on our ability to work across traditional boundaries,” Jim Serratt, CEO of Tulsa, Okla.-based Parkside Psychiatric Hospital and Clinic, told Becker’s. “A school counselor, a pediatrician and a child psychiatrist should be able to see the same picture of a child’s needs in real time, not weeks apart. That kind of integration changes everything — turning multiple crisis admissions and emergency room visits into early interventions.”
Jason Barker, CEO of Nashua, N.H.-based ABA Centers, sees autism care as a clear example of where this kind of...







