Por: ABC News Health June 29, 2023
RICHMOND, Va. -- Lawyers for the family of a Virginia man who died of asphyxiation after he was pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes while being admitted to a psychiatric hospital have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. In letter to federal officials that was dated June 26 and made public Wednesday, prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump and Virginia attorney... + full article
Los Angeles Times USA Opinion May 01, 2023
Another mental health bill is before the California Senate, passed by the judiciary committee on April 25. This bill, backed by some urban mayors, would make it easier to forcibly treat more people. It comes on the heels of CARE Court, a program rolling out this year that... + más
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The Boston Globe USA Opinion April 09, 2023
Acute care psychiatric hospitals are meant for short-term care, to stabilize someone with a mental health emergency. But in November, the state’s psychiatric hospitals had 110 patients who were ready to be discharged but who couldn’t be. That’s because the patients needed... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Opinion March 29, 2023
are in residential treatment facilities outside the state. While the majority are in New England, some children are as far away as . We are sending money and our next generation away for treatment that we could be providing right here in Maine. We need to bring them home – and... + más
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ABC News USA World February 01, 2023
LONDON -- A top U.S. official urged the World Health Organization to address allegations reported by The Associated Press that one of its doctors repeatedly engaged in sexual misconduct.“There are many of us who stand with survivors and stand with those who identify as victims... + más
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New York Post USA Opinion October 20, 2022
One of ’s more dubious legacies was his push to “transform” mental health in New York by getting rid of psychiatric hospital beds that he said New York didn’t need. Statewide, there were about 10,200 beds in 2014; now there are about 9,100. Though previous waves of... + más
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The Boston Globe USA Nation September 29, 2022
Health care providers have made progress on one of the most acute shortages in Massachusetts, with a new survey suggesting a number of desperately needed inpatient psychiatric beds have been added over the last 18 months. Yet a seemingly intractable labor shortage continues to... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Opinion September 24, 2022
The print headline of has preyed on our minds since we read it (“Our View: Failing system fuels violence in hospitals,” July 24, Page D2). Repealing a federal law that bars states from using Medicaid to pay for care in psychiatric facilities with more than 16 beds could... + más
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Thousands of Maine people per day getting their booster doses | Portland Press Herald
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