Criminal defendants are overwhelming an understaffed state mental health system that, a few years ago, served thousands more ...
California health officials imposed new sanctions and fines related to the Chronicle's reporting, while setting new minimum ...
The proposed regulations by the California Department of Public Health seek to bring psychiatric hospitals in line with other ...
In September, a report from the Michigan’s Office of the Auditor General brought attention to concerns within the Office of Recipient Rights. The Office of Recipient Rights is the agency that handles ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Tyeesha Ferguson fears her 28-year-old son will kill or be killed. "That's what I'm trying to avoid," said Ferguson, who still calls Quincy Jackson III her baby. She remembers a ...
Vulnerable patients were drugged, electrocuted and raped inside Queensland’s infamous Wolston Park Hospital over a shocking ...
Editor’s note: This story was updated to add comment from MDHHS. Michigan isn’t doing a sufficient job protecting the rights of public mental health services recipients. The Office of Recipient Rights ...
The $80 million Capitol Park Mental Health Hospital will open later this month with some lofty goals: Improving psychiatric care in Minnesota, reducing pressure on emergency rooms and adding ...
Alaska has a 125-year history of using the lowest bid to provide care for psychiatric patients who end up in a locked facility. The well-being and safety of the patients and their recovery have always ...