Award-winning author, Professor Paul Crawford tells us about his latest novel, The Wonders of Doctor Bent, and how it reflects life within secure hospital units like Wathwood Hospital, near Rotherham ...

Unless the funding challenges seen in Lynnwood — and at similar facilities in Pierce County — are solved, it could put the ...

For years, states strictly limited the amount of time people could be institutionalized. With homelessness rising, some policymakers want to do more.

But while Black mental health needs are acute, the percentage of clinical psychologists in the U.S. who are Black is 4%. The ...

What all spiritual abuse has in common is a profound belief in—and a defense of—the notion that the institution is more ...

Black New Yorkers made up a disproportionate share of those taken to the hospital involuntarily, the data shows. About 23% of ...

Rep. Darya Farivar wants to cap the number of people counties can send to state hospitals for competency restoration services ...

The mental health of healthcare providers is both fragile and resilient. Providers often face intense patient interactions without the time or training to process their emotions. For instance, after ...

As part of a proposed revamping of the state's behavioral health system, Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte's administration is ...

Unsure how to help the troubled psychiatric facility, legislators look to shore up other parts of the state’s mental health system.

The closure leaves 18 nonprofit and 35 for-profit mental health and substance abuse treatment facilities on the Treasure Coast.