Stigma and shame still surround psychiatric hospitalization — and for those of us with bipolar disorder, discharge can mean facing the world alone and unsupported. I have found that there is plenty of ...

“Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays,” I croon, strumming a borrowed guitar. I’m attempting to be quiet enough to not overshadow others’ conversations while still setting a merry vibe ...

Mind Springs Health announced Monday that the youth ward of its psychiatric hospital has reopened after closing down for a little more than a month. The initial closure stemmed from a lack of demand ...

Tracking patients and workers within a hospital’s psychiatric ward is not only doable—it’s being done. Austria’s University Hospital, in Innsbruck, has installed two RFID-based alarm systems to ...

The 14-year-old was admitted to the ward at the now-closed Huntercombe Hospital in the U.K. for an eating disorder Szymankiewicz, who reportedly self-harmed, was allegedly supposed to be under ...

Iranian religious scholar and civil activist Sedigheh Vasmaghi said there is no legal basis for admitting a young woman into psychiatric care because she took her clothes off in apparent protest ...

A decision to close an acute mental health ward without re-running a public consultation is a "betrayal", an MP has claimed. The 16-bed Yewdale Ward at the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven has ...