A study found psychiatric patients waited an average of 11.5 hours in hospital emergency rooms before being treated or released. That's in part... As Psychiatric Wards Close, Patients Languish In ...

Virginia’s 2014 “bed of last resort” law requires state psychiatric hospitals to admit patients in a mental health crisis if private facilities will not take them in. Temporary detention orders, which ...

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 ...

In 2016, I was admitted to a psych ward, where I fell for another patient. We connected quickly and were honest with each other about why we were there. When he rejected me, I realized I'd just been ...

If isolated, patients with mental disorders may end up having higher levels of social impairment. This has led several hospitals in Spain to set up open-door departments that are more accessible. The ...

“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 ...

I’m sitting cross-legged, shoulders slumped, on my hospital bed wearing those god-awful-hospital-sanctioned cotton pants. I’m already depressed; this doesn’t help. At least they let me wear my own ...

Editor’s note: Yu Lei is a nurse at a tertiary psychiatric hospital in China’s eastern Jiangsu province with more than 10 years of experience. Her hospital receives patients with various mental health ...