Patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities make up a disproportionate share of individuals occupying long-stay ...
Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t ...
Sen. Matt Claman introduced Senate Bill 231 last legislative session. If passed, some adolescents in locked psychiatric facilities would have better access to family. The mistake with the bill: It ...
At APNA 2025, researchers present a literature review that assesses the value of medical skills cross-training for ...
In-patient mental health and drug abuse facilities across the country are holding patients involuntarily, now aided by a new Biden administration rule requiring insurers to cover the treatment equally ...
An edge comes to Michael’s voice when he speaks about his time serving in Afghanistan and his struggles living with ...
Two major unions representing nurses and health care workers in Massachusetts are warning of a shortage of psychiatric ...
Late one Saturday night in May 2023, Melissa Keele's phone rang. Her son had been found alone in the desert of Colorado's Grand Valley. He was naked; his clothes, phone, keys and car were nowhere to ...