But efforts to replace the old facility — a cramped, aging building from the 1970s that was planned by an architect who designed prisons — appear to have hit a roadblock. An architectural firm hired ...

LANSING, Mich. (WXYZ) — The owner of a troubled New Baltimore psychiatric hospital at the center of years of reporting from 7 News Detroit has agreed pay nearly $20 ...

Each May and October, millions are urged to “raise awareness” for mental health through national and international campaigns, ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving to impose minimum staffing requirements in California’s psychiatric hospitals in response to a Chronicle investigative series that spotlighted rampant abuse and neglect ...

Last May, Disability Rights Connecticut published a report aiming to expose the wrongdoings of Connecticut Mental Health Center, a state-owned inpatient psychiatric facility in New Haven. The report ...

The U.S. stands at a dangerous crossroads in mental health policy. On one hand, research shows that voluntary, community-rooted care helps people with psychiatric disabilities lead healthier, fuller ...

For decades a psychiatric hospital in New Zealand became a place of fear where patients endured abuse neglect and suffering behind locked doors.

A federal agency has approved Arkansas' request to use Medicaid funds to pay for short-term stays for adults at psychiatric hospitals, something state officials say will expand low-income Arkansans' ...