During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health specialists started using telemedicine much more frequently. Despite many benefits, a new study finds that virtual visits did not make it easier for ...
But simply offering telemedicine will not address the barriers that many rural patients face in obtaining mental health care, ...
Western State Hospital is a large psychiatric hospital in Lakewood. The state agency overseeing Western State Hospital is accused of gross negligence after a 69-year-old psychiatric patient was ...
WMCHealth, the largest hospital system in the Hudson Valley, routinely discharged vulnerable mental health patients without adequate evaluation or stabilization measures and improperly kept inpatient ...
A legislative committee examining the failures of North Carolina's mental health system is considering strengthening the state's outpatient commitment law.