In 1885, an English psychiatrist published the case of a man called W.B., who had spent much of his life cycling through jail ...

But go back to the 18th century, and it was a drastically different picture. Back then, mental health patients were often ...

Therefore, there is a risk that mental health patients might also be subjected ... psychiatry similar to the old -style mental hospitals (asylums) beyond the traditional bricks and mortar hospital ...

FOR decades, Sarah Smith suffered with depression. But now, due to a futuristic-looking headset that zapped electronic pulses ...

The residents of Sandford Avenue, an aristocratic new thoroughfare in the part of Plainfield known as Brookside, are up in arms against the private insane asylum that Dr. Justus H. Cooley has ...

This overlooked 1999 film isn't technically a horror film, but it's probably the scariest movie Martin Scorsese has ever made ...

Last week was no exception to the rule of Brothers Charles Horace & William James Mayo that at any medical meeting they attend they make at least one newsworthy statement. Last ...

Learn more. NORWAY — Angela Todd will present a talk on Thursday, November 21, from 6:30 – 8 p.m., called Hidden Stories: Orphanages, Asylums, and Magdalene Laundries at Norway Memorial Library.

GENEVA, Nov 5 (Reuters) - More than 100 patients including children will be transferred out of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in a rare medical evacuation from the Palestinian enclave during the ...

Patient engagement in direct care, organizational design and governance, and policy making is critical to improving health care quality, efficiency, and population health. A growing body of ...

Decades ago, before the movement known as deinstitutionalization, adults with mental health needs were housed in asylums that had ... care needed for many of the patients sent to Riverview and ...

Big W has pulled an “insane asylum” costume from sale amid criticism the Halloween outfit reinforces negative stereotypes ...