ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Late one Saturday night in May 2023, Melissa Keele’s phone ...
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 ...
Every clinician knows the drill: ask about substance use, sleep, diet, exercise, and housing. The social history is the part ...
The Lampard Inquiry is investigating more than 2,000 patient deaths in Essex over a 24-year period. It is England's first ...
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 ...
Allswell, a new mental health provider focused on LGBTQ+ patients, has raised $1.3 million in pre-seed funding.  | The round ...
Editor’s note: This story was updated to add comment from MDHHS. Michigan isn’t doing a sufficient job protecting the rights of public mental health services recipients. The Office of Recipient Rights ...
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 ...