Dismissed and Disbelieved, Some Long COVID Patients Are Pushed Into Psychiatric Wards

In late 2022, Erin, a 43-year-old from Pennsylvania, agreed to spend six weeks in a psychiatric ward, getting intensive ...
Los Angeles Times

Strapped down: Psychiatric patients are restrained at sky-high rates at this L.A. hospital

When he came home from the hospital, Marcelus Laidler began to wet the bed. His mother noticed he seemed leery, questioning everything she did. His ankles and wrists bore scars — the result, he said, ...
Local News 8

‘He didn’t deserve this.’ Patient dies after being restrained in psych ward, family speaks out

MILFORD, Michigan (WXYZ) — A local couple says they sent their son to a crisis center for help. But then they say he was transferred to a psychiatric hospital ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Dementia patients in Virginia often sent to psych wards

Virginia’s 2014 “bed of last resort” law requires state psychiatric hospitals to admit patients in a mental health crisis if private facilities will not take them in. Temporary detention orders, which ...
MPR News

Closure of another rural in-patient psychiatric ward leads to public hearing

Create an account or log in to save stories. CATHY WURZER: This evening at 6 o'clock, there will be a public hearing on the closure of an inpatient psychiatric ward in Central Minnesota. Lakewood ...
Business Insider

I fell for another patient in my psych ward, but he rejected me. The short relationship taught me about love and connection.

In 2016, I was admitted to a psych ward, where I fell for another patient. We connected quickly and were honest with each other about why we were there. When he rejected me, I realized I'd just been ...
The BMJ

NHS hospital trust is fined £565 000 over death of patient on mental health ward

A hospital trust has been fined £565 000 over the death of a young woman in a mental health unit who killed herself with a ...