An 11-year-old girl was restrained, injected with anti-psychotic drugs, and placed on a mental health ward after New Zealand police mistook her for a missing woman, a report found Wednesday.

Many Vermonters got into the spirit this April Fools’ Day. The Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire is opening ...

If it becomes law, kids will have the right to a hearing within seven days to determine whether the acute psychiatric ...

The Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire is opening a new adolescent psychiatry unit. The six-bed inpatient ...

Antipsychotics prescribed to foster youth in California have shown a remarkable decline in the years since reform measures ...

Medicaid supports the entire child-health ecosystem. It is integral to the viability of pediatric practices across the state, from primary and subspecialty care practices to inpatient hospitals. In ...

AI mental health apps may offer a cheap and accessible way to fill the gaps in the overstretched U.S. mental health care system, but ethics experts warn that we need to be thoughtful about how we use ...

Movies and television shows have long portrayed psychiatrists as essential figures in helping individuals navigate mental health challenges, often depicting their expertise as the key to healing.

The reports come in the wake of a sexual assault lawsuit filed by three women against a former supervisor. It’s “uniquely egregious” alleged behavior at the Detroit Behavioral Institute.

Opponents say the proposal would eliminate protections and place kids at further risk. It also would modify child restraint ...

A prestigious award recognized five decades of relentless advocacy for justice and reform fought by CCHR and survivors of ...