What Is a Psych Ward? A psych ward, also called a psychiatric ward or unit, is where you go to get short-term or in-patient treatment for serious mental health issues. You’ll receive around-the-clock ...

The Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Yaba, Lagos State, says it has witnessed a 100 percent increase in admissions for psychiatric patients in 2023. Olugbenga Owoeye, the hospital’s Chief Medical ...

The Department of Mental Health appeared poised last night to go ahead with its plan to freeze admissions to Massachusetts psychiatric hospitals today in response to recent budget cuts, despite ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — A federal judge on Friday held Oregon’s state health agency and psychiatric hospital in contempt for failing to admit criminal defendants in need of mental health treatment to ...

The number of state psychiatric hospital beds has hit a historic low with about 11 beds per 100,000 population, a new report showed. More than half of those beds (52%) were occupied by forensic ...

A judge has issued the first $161,000 fine to the state for flouting a long-standing federal court order that it admit criminal defendants to the state psychiatric hospital within seven days of a ...

A federal judge on Friday found the Oregon State Hospital in contempt of a court order governing the timely admissions of criminal defendants and will issue hefty daily fines starting Saturday to ...