The dark side of psychiatry – how it has been used to control societies
This notion of a symptomless disorder gave it tremendous value to Soviet officials in the 1970s and 80s, who wielded it ...
Sweetser plans Maine's first secure psychiatric facility for children
Sweetser CEO Jayne Van Bramer said that with monetary help from the state, the company is planning to open Maine’s first ...
Mental health patients need better places to go in emergencies | Mental Health Perspectives
Jamie Shandro has experienced the mental health care system both as an emergency physician and as the support person to a ...
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Former psychiatric hospital in northwest neighborhood to house education initiative
A historic building on Marian Universitys campus that once housed a psychiatric hospital will be repurposed for a ...
5 years after Dr. Lorna Breen’s death by suicide, health care workers are more at risk than ever
Breen died by suicide in April 2020. Through a foundation in her honor, her family is helping other health care workers get ...
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New York has debated forced psychiatric treatment for decades
Half a century after the state tightened the criteria for involuntary commitment, Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to make it easier to hospitalize mentally ill people against their will.
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Wendy Williams Claims She Passed Mental Competency Evaluations 'with Flying Colors' After Being Escorted to Hospital by NYPD
The talk show host, 60, appeared on Good Day New York on Tuesday, March 11, after she was removed from her assisted living facility and taken to the hospital the day prior. Calling into the live ...
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Wendy Williams aces mental capacity test after being transported by ambulance to NYC hospital: report
A psychiatrist at the New York hospital where Wendy Williams was taken Monday has reportedly determined that her mental capacity is intact. Williams, 60, arrived by ambulance at Lenox Hill ...
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Probe Into Brutal Limpopo Psychiatric Ward Murder, Attempted Murder Underway
On arrival, responding officers uncovered a shocking scene inside a locked room at Philadelphia Hospital's psychiatric ward. PAY ATTENTION: stay informed and follow us on Google News! Provincial ...
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'Biting genitals': Psychiatric patient shot at Limpopo hospital after he brutally killed another patient
inside the psychiatric ward of Philadelphia Hospital in Dennilton, Sekhukhune District. Provincial police spokesperson, Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba, said police officers who were on patrol swiftly ...
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Two mental healthcare patients have tragically died at a Limpopo hospital
Two mental healthcare patients have tragically lost their lives at the Philadelphia Hospital in the Sekhukhune District of Limpopo. On Saturday morning, the Limpopo provincial government said it ...