The Mental Health Commission looked at the use of practices such as seclusion, physical restraint and mechanical restraint ...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has revealed widespread allegations of physical and sexual assaults by staff on patients at ...

Since the 1980s, psychiatry has been dominated by what we might call a ‘disease‑entity’ model of mental health problems. In ...

Black patients presenting with psychiatric disorders to hospital emergency departments (EDs) across the US have significantly higher rates of chemical restraint than their White counterparts, new ...

Getting a complaint to stick in Michigan’s mental health system isn’t easy, an MLive investigation revealed. In 2023, 73% of complaints were found to be unsubstantiated and never investigated any ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese campaign group whose members include lawyers and academics called on Wednesday for a change in psychiatric hospitals' practice of putting patients under prolonged ...

For the second time in less than a year, Carilion Clinic is facing an investigation into the death of a mental health patient under its care. Although details remain sketchy, Carilion spokesman Eric ...

Accessing mental health care can be a harrowing ordeal. Even if a patient finds a therapist in their network, their insurance company can overrule that therapist and decide the prescribed treatment ...