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 ...

What Is a Psych Ward? A psych ward, also called a psychiatric ward or unit, is where you go to get short-term or in-patient treatment for serious mental health issues. You’ll receive around-the-clock ...

All too often in popular culture, hospitals that provide desperately needed help for patients having mental health crises are turned into the stuff of jokes and nightmares. I'm hoping that ...

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 ...

As New York tries to move people with severe mental illness off the streets and into treatment, the governor said some hospitals aren’t helping. By Joseph Goldstein Gov. Kathy Hochul threatened on ...

When he came home from the hospital, Marcelus Laidler began to wet the bed. His mother noticed he seemed leery, questioning everything she did. His ankles and wrists bore scars — the result, he said, ...

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 ...

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 ...