News / Opinion / Letters to the Editor Letter: Open psychiatric hospital By Janet Asbridge, Vancouver Published: June 7, 2025, 6:00am ...

House Bill 366 and its companion, Senate Bill 231, if passed, would give additional rights to adolescents locked in treatment facilities. Yet, the law would not protect adolescent ...

It has been over 40 years since former President Ronald Reagan ended funding that resulted in the closure of most long-term psychiatric facilities. While good-intentioned, it is long past time to ...

Waits for proper care in emergency departments are worsening, Health Policy Commission staff said last week. Nearly 39% of behavioral health-related ED visits spanned longer than 12 hours before ...

A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 16, 2024, Section A, Page 17 of the New York edition with the headline: Held Involuntarily in a Psychiatric Hospital.