The murderer, who is the focus of a new Netflix series, spent 26 years living in psychiatric hospitals after he confessed to ...

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 ...

Monster: The Ed Gein Story on Netflix is set in 1950s Wisconsin, revolving around the story of the real-life infamous killer Ed Gein. He was known as the “Butcher of Plainfield” and the “Plainfield ...

Schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, bipolar. All words that make most people uncomfortable due to a lack of information, misinformation and stigma around mental health. But one nurse has ...

Mental hospitals have a long and sordid history in popular culture. Ever since Edgar Allan Poe published The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether in 1845, the ...

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 ...

Last month, a free, unsolicited copy of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Issue 2014-2015 arrived at my office. Did you know that 4 of the 10 “Top-Ranked Hospitals for Psychiatry” in the ...