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 ...

Lingering questions around the death earlier this year of a man held at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute have renewed scrutiny of Alaska's only state-run mental hospital. Duop Tharjiath was 29 when he ...

The physician daughter of the nurse brutally attacked Tuesday by a male patient in Palms West Hospital is questioning how the ...

Eric Kania, MD, who has been a psychiatrist at Baumettes Prison in Marseille, France, for 25 years, has witnessed an increasing proportion of inmates being treated for psychiatric disorders. In an ...

In a compelling Genomic Press Interview published today in Genomic Psychiatry, Dr. Bruce M. Cohen discusses results and insights that are reshaping international approaches to understanding and ...

Imagine developing a severe mental illness, committing no crime, and finding yourself confined in a locked psychiatric facility. Thousands of Alaskans each year, without breaking any laws, face ...

A new analysis examines a potential turning point for artificial intelligence in mental health care. The article, "Feasible ...

BUILDING COULD COLLAPSE. FIRST, AT SIX. LONG-TIME NURSE FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE AFTER DEPUTIES SAY SHE WAS BRUTALLY ATTACKED WHILE WORKING IN PALMS WEST HOSPITAL IN LOXAHATCHEE, INVESTIGATORS SAY STEVEN ...