Becker's Healthcare January 20, 2026
Behavioral health leaders nationwide are exploring new strategies to recruit and retain staff after the pandemic sharply reduced workforce numbers. From loan repayment to career development, systems are rebuilding their teams from the inside out, aiming to retain talented clinicians and attract new ones.
For leaders, the message is clear: Clinician well-being must be treated not only as a moral imperative, but also as a strategic one.
“If the workforce successfully provides what a patient needs from our health systems, they must be at their personal best. That takes the purposefulness of the staff and support from the system,” Becky Stoll, senior vice president of crisis services at Centerstone in Nashville, Tenn. told Becker’s.
Several systems are investing...







