First Psych Ward Stay Signals Long-Term Mental Health Struggles For Nearly All Patients By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, May 6, 2026 (HealthDay News) — A first-time psychiatric ...

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In almost every state in the country, the supply of inpatient psychiatric care is insufficient to meet the demand. In a 2006 survey, 34 state mental health authorities reported a shortage of beds for ...

New research suggests close to one in three deaths in inpatient psychiatric care in New South Wales were due to self-harm or potentially avoidable medical conditions. Almost a third of deaths that ...

Frustrated family members and others have been pushing for law changes in New York and other states that would allow the release of mental health records of long-dead ancestors.

Mind Springs Health announced Monday that the youth ward of its psychiatric hospital has reopened after closing down for a little more than a month. The initial closure stemmed from a lack of demand ...

A new report has raised concerns about the use of physical restraint and forced tube feeding in Edinburgh's inpatient mental health ward for 12 to 17-year-olds. The inspection of the Melville Unit at ...

A first-time psych admission nearly always marks the beginning of a long-term struggle with mental illness Fully 95% of patients wind up needing more mental health services They either landed back in ...