Graylingwell Hospital opened in 1897, and Ms Millard said the hospital's first Med Supt, Dr Harold Kidd, had a "pioneering vision". "Dr Kidd wanted the hospital to treat people in a humanistic way, ...

Nottingham pioneered the concept of publicly funded lunatic asylum in 1812 - but quickly encountered the problem of ...

Despite doing everything they could to get their son the help he desperately needed, Colorado Springs residents Mike and Phyllis Foraker couldn’t save William, who died by suicide nearly three years ...

It seems fitting that this history of mental health ends with Oregon’s attempt to grapple with the needs of children and ...

The Dark History of St. Brigid’s Psychiatric Hospital St. Brigid’s Psychiatric Hospital, once known as the Connaught District ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Tyeesha Ferguson fears her 28-year-old son will kill or be killed. "That's what I'm trying to avoid," said Ferguson, who still calls Quincy Jackson III her baby. She remembers a ...

A steep rise in criminally charged people with severe mental illnesses has all but halted patients’ ability to get care in Ohio’s state psychiatric hospitals. Tyeesha Ferguson fears her 28-year-old ...

Who is eligible for CARE Court? How do I file a petition? Can this program force someone into treatment? Read on to find out.

Mental hospitals have played a role of paramount importance in the history of American psychiatry, dating back to the mid-18th century when the Quakers made the first organized attempt to care for the ...

AUSTIN — As Texas scrambles to meet a crisis in resources for mental health patients, marked by monthslong waits for hospital beds and rising costs of treatment, a robust new safety net hospital in ...

New York City's public hospital system is dispatching new mental health outreach teams to help patients avoid cycling back into emergency rooms and psychiatric wards — a move aimed at addressing a ...