A study found psychiatric patients waited an average of 11.5 hours in hospital emergency rooms before being treated or released. That's in part... As Psychiatric Wards Close, Patients Languish In ...

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 ...

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

New safety standards aimed at limiting suicide risks have led to overhauls inside hospitals around the country, with psychiatric facilities and wards removing bathroom doors, stripping artwork from ...

All too often in popular culture, hospitals that provide desperately needed help for patients having mental health crises are turned into the stuff of jokes and nightmares. I'm hoping that ...

If isolated, patients with mental disorders may end up having higher levels of social impairment. This has led several hospitals in Spain to set up open-door departments that are more accessible. The ...

The city also announced plans to expand residential care for elderly and mentally ill adults in two new assisted living ...

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 ...

The homeless woman charged with stabbing a mother inside a bathroom at Macy's in NYC has a history of mental illness and claimed voices told her she had to kill someone or be killed.