Western State Hospital is a large psychiatric hospital in Lakewood. The state agency overseeing Western State Hospital is accused of gross negligence after a 69-year-old psychiatric patient was ...

Eric Kania, MD, who has been a psychiatrist at Baumettes Prison in Marseille, France, for 25 years, has witnessed an increasing proportion of inmates being treated for psychiatric disorders. In an ...

Lingering questions around the death earlier this year of a man held at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute have renewed scrutiny of Alaska's only state-run mental hospital. Duop Tharjiath was 29 when he ...

The physician daughter of the nurse brutally attacked Tuesday by a male patient in Palms West Hospital is questioning how the ...

An adult patient escaped from Holly Hill psychiatric hospital on Saturday, and his family is just the latest to raise ...

The actress applied for Canada's Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) program in 2021, seeking an end to her suffering.

In a compelling Genomic Press Interview published today in Genomic Psychiatry, Dr. Bruce M. Cohen discusses results and insights that are reshaping international approaches to understanding and ...

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Imagine developing a severe mental illness, committing no crime, and finding yourself confined in a locked psychiatric facility. Thousands of Alaskans each year, without breaking any laws, face ...

BUILDING COULD COLLAPSE. FIRST, AT SIX. LONG-TIME NURSE FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE AFTER DEPUTIES SAY SHE WAS BRUTALLY ATTACKED WHILE WORKING IN PALMS WEST HOSPITAL IN LOXAHATCHEE, INVESTIGATORS SAY STEVEN ...