Patient-initiated brief admission as a complement to outpatient psychiatric care is appreciated by nurses and patients, and can reduce levels of anxiety in people with emotional instability and ...

The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services ordered five state-run psychiatric hospitals to halt admissions because of staffing and safety concerns, according to The ...

Providing peer or community health workers to help psychiatric patients with complete psychiatric advance directives (PAD) to govern care in advance of a mental health crisis is associated with a ...

UPDATE (1:50 p.m. PT) – Attorneys for a current patient at the Oregon State Hospital said Wednesday that their client intends to sue, after languishing for weeks in jail while waiting to access mental ...

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“Subtle signs of delirium and/or declining mental awareness can include disorientation about date, location, reason for admission,” said Meghana R. Medavaram, MD, associate director of consultation ...

Hallie-Beth Hollister is a master at cold calling. She has to be. She and a small team of psychiatric bed searchers are responsible for calling hospitals across Massachusetts any time a patient is in ...

As the Oregon State Hospital gets its yearslong admissions backlog under control, smaller treatment groups say they’re struggling to accommodate the growing number of patients discharged from the ...

There has been a significant five-year increase in hospital admissions involving patients with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and autism spectrum disorder, according to an analysis by the ...