The wife of a man who escaped from a Gardner hospital where he was being held for a mental health evaluation is demanding ...

A mental health provider has had its rating downgraded to "inadequate" after an inspection found "unacceptable" failings. Two patients told Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors they would prefer ...

A federal probe of Medicare and Medicaid plans run by private insurance companies found that the plan operators often ...

Restrictive practices in mental health settings—such as physical restraint and seclusion—are meant to be a last resort, used only when patients pose a risk to themselves or others. In 2021 and 2022 ...

Local hospital averages less than a half hour for mental health patients versus national average over 4 hours.

In the first five months of 2024, staff physically restrained patients an average of 150 times per month, or five times in a ...

Depression is a mental illness, and support for depression can improve emotions, thoughts, and well-being. A new guideline from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends that ...

Allswell, a new mental health provider focused on LGBTQ+ patients, has raised $1.3 million in pre-seed funding.  | The round ...

—Canadian researchers examined the clinical and public safety risks associated with cannabis legalization and frequency of use and found an increased mental health burden among this patient population ...

A patient at the University of Missouri Psychiatric Center has been charged with a felony after he was accused of attacking a ...