The mental health crisis among children and youth is on the rise, as is glaringly evident in gridlocked emergency rooms around the country. Schools, communities, and clinics have also seen an influx ...

Getting help for a psychiatric crisis at a hospital emergency room is not wrong, but there are alternatives that may be safer and less overwhelming. A security guard in a Valley hospital emergency ...

A 9-year-old boy lived for weeks in a hospital emergency room, dressed in paper scrubs, because his parents couldn't handle him and the state's social services agency had nowhere to place him. A ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Two years after the opening of MetroHealth System Cleveland Heights Behavioral Health Hospital, its services are expanding with the addition of a psychiatric emergency department in ...

HAMPTON, Va. — Riverside Health will open the doors of Virginia's first standalone psychiatric emergency department this fall. “We’ve all probably visited an ER or ED at some point in time," said ...

HAMPTON, Va. — Millions of people each year have a mental health crisis but not everyone can get the help they need. In Virginia, many wind up in the emergency room or in the jails, but lawmakers and ...

In a multicenter emergency department (ED) cohort of patients on chronic psychiatric medications, restarting outpatient medications within 24 hours was not associated with the overall length of stay ...

Maimonides Health celebrated a major milestone in its expansion of behavioral health services on July 24 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Psychiatric Emergency Department, which will soon ...

Mental health has emerged as a top concern for Christian County residents, according to recent survey data and health outcome ...