Psychiatric hospitals turn away patients who need urgent care. The facilities face few consequences.
Melissa Keele poses for a portrait on April 7, at her home in Grand Junction, Colo. Melissa's son, Jaden Keele, 23, not pictured, has been dealing with severe mental illness for years. In 2023, he hit ...
Our mental health system is running on fumes. For too long, it has been underfunded and shaped by politics rather than evidence. As chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Mental Health, we ...
Tyeesha Ferguson, mother of Quincy Jackson III, in Springfield, Ohio, in May 2025. Ferguson has been advocating for her son to receive mental health treatment for most of his adult life. He has been ...
Staff at Florida’s state-run psychiatric hospitals repeatedly skipped or faked required safety checks in the years leading up ...
Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients Who Need Urgent Care. The Facilities Face Few Consequences.
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Late one Saturday night in May 2023, Melissa Keele’s phone ...
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