Patients are suffering the “torture” of waiting up to three days in A&E in “utterly degrading” conditions for a bed in mental health wards, nurses have claimed. The number of mental health patients ...

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, ...

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 ...

An examination room sits empty behind a curtained window, through which staff can monitor patients who may be having a mental health emergency on Dec. 9, 2019. CATHY WURZER: We're going to turn now to ...

Restrictive practices in mental health settings—such as physical restraint and seclusion—are meant to be a last resort, used only when patients pose a risk to themselves or others. In 2021 and 2022 ...