What Is a Psych Ward? A psych ward, also called a psychiatric ward or unit, is where you go to get short-term or in-patient treatment for serious mental health issues. You’ll receive around-the-clock ...

Admitted to a psychiatric care unit for an eating disorder, Ruth Szymankiewicz was allegedly supposed to be under round-the-clock care Teen Ruth Szymankiewicz died after being left alone for 15 ...

A MOM has been stabbed in the baby changing room of the iconic Macy’s store in New York City in front of her 10-month-old daughter. The suspect arrested for the attack is a woman who prosecutors say ...

Female psychiatric patients on mixed sex wards are still experiencing harassment, according to a new report. The survey by City and Hackney Community Health Council of patients in Hackney, east London ...

Lamar Brown went through a rigorous program at a New York State psychiatric hospital aimed at stopping the “revolving door” ...

Editor’s note: Yu Lei is a nurse at a tertiary psychiatric hospital in China’s eastern Jiangsu province with more than 10 years of experience. Her hospital receives patients with various mental health ...

Female psychiatric patients on mixed sex wards are still experiencing harassment, according to a survey of patients in Hackney, east London, by City and Hackney Community Health Council. The findings ...

At parties, I used to explain to people who wanted to know what I do — I’m a psychiatrist — that caring for people with mental illness on a psych ward is like working in a place apart from the world.

Admitted to a psychiatric care unit for an eating disorder, Ruth Szymankiewicz was allegedly supposed to be under round-the-clock care Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She ...