At a recent rally, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy stood on an Ohio gubernatorial platform that includes reopening mental institutions. Ramaswamy has said as much before, arguing as he campaigned for ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Just 27 percent of undergraduates describe their mental health as above average or excellent ...

SPENCER, Iowa — This town’s hospital is a holdout on behalf of people going through mental health crises. The facility’s leaders have pledged not to shutter their inpatient psychiatric unit, as dozens ...

For decades, the health care system has operated under the cruel irony that the people dedicated to healing others were being punished for seeking healing themselves. Doctors, nurses, and health care ...

There’s a stream that cuts across the grounds of Central Louisiana State Hospital, traversing its rolling hills dotted with age-old oak trees. To the right of its entrance, bleachers and a fence, ...

Content warning: This article contains mentions of sexual misconduct. Overall, the average mental hospital in this country has lackluster, prison-like conditions that are not at all conducive to the ...

Are institutions really that bad? If the history of people with disabilities is any indication, the answer is no. As someone who's been studying the history of mental hospitals for well over two ...

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President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) in July urging local governments to clear homeless individuals from public areas, increase the use of involuntary commitment for psychiatric ...