Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recently opened Madera County acute psychiatric hospital was hit with two state penalties for putting patient’s into harm’s way, ...

California health officials have moved to strengthen oversight of for-profit psychiatric hospitals in response to a Chronicle investigation into patient abuses at the facilities, issuing new sanctions ...

Inspection records and statewide data revealed serious violations across hospitals.

In May, about six months ago, The Daily Star published my letter to the editor titled, "Don't force psychiatric drugs on patients". Ironically, about 30 days after The Star published it, I was ...

Alaska has a 125-year history of using the lowest bid to provide care for psychiatric patients who end up in a locked facility. The well-being and safety of the patients and their recovery have always ...

In September, a report from the Michigan’s Office of the Auditor General brought attention to concerns within the Office of Recipient Rights. The Office of Recipient Rights is the agency that handles ...

For decades, a psychiatric hospital in New Zealand operated with little oversight and enormous power over its patients. People were confined, medicated, and subjected to harsh treatments despite ...