A new watchdog white paper highlights that up to 45 percent of psychiatric inpatients report sexual assault amid widespread deaths, restraints and forced drugging in profit‑driven mental health ...

Twenty lawsuits were filed Tuesday alleging sexual abuse of psychiatric patients at Four Winds hospitals in Lewisboro and Saratoga Springs. The claims range from groping to sexual intercourse, with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recently opened Madera County acute psychiatric hospital was hit with two state penalties for putting patient’s into harm’s way, ...

More than 90 former patients of a teen psychiatric unit have received damages totalling £5.3m. The settlement is for people ...

Inspection records and statewide data revealed serious violations across hospitals.

In May, about six months ago, The Daily Star published my letter to the editor titled, "Don't force psychiatric drugs on patients". Ironically, about 30 days after The Star published it, I was ...

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 ...

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 ...

For decades, a psychiatric hospital in New Zealand operated with little oversight and enormous power over its patients. People were confined, medicated, and subjected to harsh treatments despite ...

River Vista Behavioral Health, located next to Valley Children's Hospital, submitted a plan of correction and demonstrated compliance, state officials said.