The News 5 Investigators have discovered you are waiting longer and longer in local emergency rooms. And it gets even worse ...

The constant alarms in a hospital can create a high-stress environment that can cause health care workers to become ...

More than 300 mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego have been on strike for seven weeks. Patients say it’s causing delays and challenges for access to therapy. More than 300 Kaiser ...

When someone is having a mental health crisis — whether they’re thinking about suicide, acting erratically or experiencing hallucinations — they frequently end up in a hospital emergency department, ...

WMCHealth, the largest hospital system in the Hudson Valley, routinely discharged vulnerable mental health patients without adequate evaluation or stabilization measures and improperly kept inpatient ...

Thousands of people arrested each year in Texas are dealing with mental health issues. Some conditions can be treated with ...

Next year will be the twentieth anniversary of “Myers v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute,” a successful lawsuit against the state. Michael Perlin, who has been described as the Dean of Mental Health Law, ...

The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a national organization focused on economic mobility for ...

A mental patient is on the loose after he made a dash for freedom from an Orange County hospital Thursday afternoon and cops warned the public to stay away from the escapee. Christopher Morgan fled ...

When a patient suffering from a mental health crisis comes into Derby, Connecticut’s Griffin Hospital emergency department, their condition may vary. “People could just be really withdrawn. People ...

The role of a hospitalist is multidisciplinary and one of the primary responsibilities in your role is to notice and act on the changes you notice regarding your patients, including mental awareness ...

More young people experiencing a psychiatric emergency began showing up in the emergency department of a Boston hospital with ...