New safety standards aimed at limiting suicide risks have led to overhauls inside hospitals around the country, with psychiatric facilities and wards removing bathroom doors, stripping artwork from ...

Professionals say a lack of resources and an ‘almost insatiable’ demand for services is limiting the ability to pursue long-term care and therapy ...

The shortages mean that patients who enter an emergency room with an acute psychiatric crisis may wait days or weeks for a bed, inmates who qualify for psychiatric care may wait in jail for several ...

An inspection was made months after a BBC Disclosure documentary exposed a culture of cruelty among nursing staff.

Private security guard Kadeem Alfred, 32, and NYCHH police supervisor Michael Kee, 53, were arrested after the guard refused to let NYPD officers responding to a call for backup into the psych ...