A Seattle Times investigation found medical staff in dozens of states have used spit hoods alongside restraints and sedatives on mental health patients,a practice linked to distress, suffocation and ...
Sen. Matt Claman introduced Senate Bill 231 last legislative session. If passed, some adolescents in locked psychiatric facilities would have better access to family. The mistake with the bill: It ...
Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients Who Need Urgent Care. The Facilities Face Few Consequences.
Late one Saturday night in May 2023, Melissa Keele's phone rang. Her son had been found alone in the desert of Colorado's Grand Valley. He was naked; his clothes, phone, keys and car were nowhere to ...
Patients with mental health conditions were able to able to harm themselves with items from a hospital's emergency department, the health watchdog has found. A Care Quality Commission (CQC) report at ...
Kim Kovol, commissioner of the state Department of Family and Community Services, wrote a Nov. 18 opinion piece praising the staff at the state-run Alaska Psychiatric Institute. I also commend the API ...
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