Meet the woman in charge of state mental-health hospital construction
Eight years ago, Iryna Yeromenko started as a human resource specialist at the Osawatomie State Hospital in Kansas. Now, ...
With federal funds running dry, Mass. faces tough calls on mental health services
The Healey administration’s budget proposal calls for slashing caseworkers and some kids’ residential treatment.
Colton Clarkin needed a kind of care P.E.I. doesn't offer, psychiatrist tells inquest
Warning: This story deals with suicide. If you or someone you know has been struggling with mental health, you can find ...
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Judge praises NH’s progress cutting down wait times for inpatient mental health care
Since May 2023, the state has been working to comply with a court order requiring it to end so-called “ER boarding.” ...
Review ordered into SA gender diversity service's compliance with state guidelines
The head of South Australia's Women's and Children's Hospital has ordered a review of the state's gender diversity service, ...
The dark side of psychiatry – how it has been used to control societies
This notion of a symptomless disorder gave it tremendous value to Soviet officials in the 1970s and 80s, who wielded it ...
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Providers say they face cuts amid $43 million Oklahoma mental health department shortfall
The state’s mental health commissioner on Tuesday said the agency is dealing with a $43 million shortfall, which some say has ...
Meet the Experts Behind Our World's Best Hospitals Ranking
"Our aim is to set a benchmark for hospitals to excel in advancing value-based health," Dr. Eyal Zimlichman, from Israel's ...
Federal grant to help Nebraska hospitals fight the opioid epidemic terminated
The $3.2 million grant was meant to decrease the amount of addictive pain-killer medications prescribed after surgeries and find alternatives.
‘This should never have happened’: Why almost 100 admissions only made Bec sicker
This was the first of almost 100 hospital admissions – involuntary, voluntary, emergency, mental health wards, eating ...
SLO County mother’s dilemma: How do you treat a son who doesn’t know he’s mentally ill?
A Los Osos woman’s son suffers from multiple diagnoses of mental illness and could get out of jail soon. How does she keep ...
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WA families are using ‘Joel’s Law’ for involuntary commitments more than ever. Is it working?
“The majority of counties don't do most of the long-term commitments,” said Kawamura, who helps oversee cases involving Joel’s Law petitions. “That's just the hospital jurisdictions. And so most of ...