Eighteenth-­century mental institutions employed a tactic called the bain de surprise, suddenly dunking their patients in cold water to jolt them out of their depression or psychosis. (Some doctors ...

Hallway beds cut into the bones that sustain emergency medicine, shaving away layers of the moral tenets and high standards, ...

Kidney damage can sneak up on people without symptoms. A new diagnosis can mean major limits on how a person lives ...

Legal frameworks that only regulate formal psychiatric facilities are written for a system the majority will not use.

St. Joseph is a historic Missouri town with plenty of attractions beyond the museum, making it a great destination for a day ...

Bridgewater is the nation’s only forensic psychiatric facility run by a corrections department, rather than a state mental ...

So if you’re brave enough to step inside Missouri’s most unsettling museum, you’ll be rewarded with an experience that’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help to locate a mental health patient. They say ...

A man in his 40s, who had severe mental illness and lived with his family in the Boise area, died recently after Idaho cut critical mental health services, according to a clinic owner who leads the ...

Kaiser Permanente will pay a $31 million settlement with the federal government over the company’s mental health care practices, according to an agreement reached this week that followed an ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Kaiser Permanente workers, including therapists and mental health professionals, are demanding protections against ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Mental health experts and family members are calling for Hawaii’s Department of Health to stop transferring patients to a mainland psychiatric facility after the deaths of ...