Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Jim Cooke / Los Angeles Times) A Times analysis of federal data found that Los Angeles General Medical Center physically ...

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Sen. Matt Claman introduced Senate Bill 231 last legislative session. If passed, some adolescents in locked psychiatric facilities would have better access to family. The mistake with the bill: It ...

The American Psychiatric Association says too few patients can access comprehensive mental health care in the United States.

Gov. Kathy Hochul's office intervened to have a patient taken into police custody from a clinical setting in a state-run psychiatric hospital after a powerful union leader called her with concerns ...

Geriatrics and Aging. 2007;10(4):241-245. Use of community resources may prolong care of individuals with dementia at home. The Alzheimer's Association can provide information and support. Day care ...

Kim Kovol, commissioner of the state Department of Family and Community Services, wrote a Nov. 18 opinion piece praising the staff at the state-run Alaska Psychiatric Institute. I also commend the API ...

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, May 6, 2026 (HealthDay News) — A first-time psychiatric admission usually ...

This new unit is the result of collaborative efforts between the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Department of ...

HHS outlines plan to curb psychiatric overprescribing by expanding nonmedication care and improving prescriber training ...

Alaska has a 125-year history of using the lowest bid to provide care for psychiatric patients who end up in a locked facility. The well-being and safety of the patients and their recovery have always ...