A steep rise in criminally charged people with severe mental illnesses has all but halted patients’ ability to get care in ...

Mental hospitals in the Wild West were often places of isolation and secrecy. For Native Americans, confinement could mean ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Just 27 percent of undergraduates describe their mental health as above average or excellent ...

Are institutions really that bad? If the history of people with disabilities is any indication, the answer is no. As someone who's been studying the history of mental hospitals for well over two ...

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 ...