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, ...

The body of 35-year-old Lerato Mohlamme was found after a fire broke out in the facility’s psychiatric ward, while other ...

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 ...

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 ...

Patients, relatives and whistleblowers have described a culture of abuse at a mental health hospital, while 15 staff members ...

I estimate that there are 10,000 people who rotate in and out of locked psychiatric facilities or units each year in Alaska for a forced evaluation or treatment. State agencies, and that includes the ...

A mental healthcare charity CEO quits as hundreds of patients are removed from one of its hospitals.