The share of people with severe mental illness in state psychiatric hospitals accused of serious crimes has risen steeply. The shift has all but halted the possibility of care before a catastrophic ...

Content warning: This article contains mentions of sexual misconduct. Overall, the average mental hospital in this country has lackluster, prison-like conditions that are not at all conducive to the ...

At a recent rally, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy stood on an Ohio gubernatorial platform that includes reopening mental institutions. Ramaswamy has said as much before, arguing as he campaigned for ...

For decades, the health care system has operated under the cruel irony that the people dedicated to healing others were being punished for seeking healing themselves. Doctors, nurses, and health care ...

There’s a stream that cuts across the grounds of Central Louisiana State Hospital, traversing its rolling hills dotted with age-old oak trees. To the right of its entrance, bleachers and a fence, ...

SPENCER, Iowa — This town’s hospital is a holdout on behalf of people going through mental health crises. The facility’s leaders have pledged not to shutter their inpatient psychiatric unit, as dozens ...

Henry Gaymon speaks quickly, racing through the many stages of his troubled past, jumping back and forth between time spent in school, jail and mental institutions. One thing is clear: Living a normal ...

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