Bravo to Palm Beach County commissioners, for pledging a substantial investment in mental health care. The board voted ...

The Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, has called for enhanced funding and support to address rising challenges in mental health care. The hospital’s Medical Director, Dr. Olugbenga ...

The acting head of Maryland’s main state-run mental hospital resigned last week, according to an internal memo obtained by The Baltimore Sun, months after his predecessor’s ousting and at the ...

Acute hospital wards are facing "real challenges", as a study showed the number of children being admitted due to mental health concerns has gone up by two-thirds in 10 years. The research ...

He was waiting for a bed in the mental health unit at the Coffs Harbour Health Campus. When Gordon Stewart, 72, was rushed to the mental health ward at his local public hospital, his daughter ...

The field of mental health presents a number of professionals to provide care for individuals. One member of that team is the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP). In 1946 ...

The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a national organization focused on economic mobility ...

Mental health stigma refers to negative beliefs people may hold about those with mental illness, which can lead to stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. Public awareness and literacy have ...

Mental Health Medications: How Do They Work? There are several types of drugs available to treat mental illnesses. Some of the most commonly used are antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs ...

An inpatient mental health treatment center is one of the best ways to get through an acute (immediate) mental health crisis. Our inpatient mental health center is a safe place where you or a loved ...

For Touwen, who used to regularly analyze reports of death by euthanasia, it was one of the first times she’d encountered a euthanasia case for mental health reasons from someone so young.

"The pressures of working in the system, combined with my own difficulty in tolerating the conflict associated with the public mental health system pressures were significant as a factor," she said.