River Vista Behavioral Health, located next to Valley Children’s Hospital, submitted a plan of correction and demonstrated ...

The $114 million facility is designed to offer a welcoming space where children can relax without the clinical feel of a ...

A steep rise in criminally charged people with severe mental illnesses has all but halted patients’ ability to get care in ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Iryna’s Law will increase demand for involuntary evaluations and inpatient beds. State official says hospitals must expand capacity ...

A Western State Hospital patient was strangled to death in 2022. The victim’s roommate was charged with murder, but pleaded not guilty due to insanity. The victim’s brother sued the state, which ...

Julie Brooks, PMHNP Julie Brooks is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Kentucky who has been practicing since 2023. She has a BSN from Eastern Kentucky and a PMHNP from Frontier Nursing ...

California's CARE Court, designed to help people with serious mental illnesses, has fallen short of expectations, leaving ...

The mental health system in the US is failing to provide adequate care for those with severe mental illness, resulting in increased criminalization and long wait times for beds in state psychiatric ...

The best psychiatric care is tailored to an individual's unique needs, understood through the context of their environment, relationships, and lived experience. With this foundation, I work with ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Boom. Ronda Deplazes had just gotten out of the shower and placed curlers in her long blond hair when she heard ...

The Monterey County Board of Supervisors shut down a proposal to create an inpatient mental health facility in Salinas.