President Donald Trump has said he would be open to bringing back "insane asylums" to imprison people with "serious mental illness". In an interview with the Daily Caller published on Monday, the ...

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of "The Daily Signal Podcast" and "Problematic Women." Send an email to Virginia. President Donald Trump says he is open to the ...

One of the most popular abandoned asylums to visit in the United States—also known as the Weston State Hospital and, ominously, the West Virginia Hospital for the Insane—the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic ...

Asylums have long captivated historians and urban explorers, serving as haunting reminders of the problematic origins of mental health care. Much like cemeteries, these institutions were used to ...

Trump’s cuts to Medicaid, housing assistance and mental health programs will undermine his goal of increasing involuntary commitment.

Editor’s Note: This is the final report in the KOIN 6 News series, “Breaking the Cycle: Oregon’s attempt at recovery” PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Dan Garris shared the trials and tribulations his daughter ...

Tourists flock to former mental institutions for macabre sightseeing outings, especially around Halloween, joining paranormal investigations and other tours.

Along with suggestions about which riverboats, stagecoaches and trains one could use to get around up north, the guide suggested several tourist venues, including the Traverse City Mental Hospital ...

Gracefully Insane: The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital is a richly endowed chronicle of what was our most colorful, and possibly best, asylum, Massachusetts' McLean Hospital. Author ...

On March 23, 2010, Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as "The Affordable Care Act," or ACA. In 2009, in anticipation of it, Katherine Power, then ...