This article describes attempted suicide. 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 ...

Margo Smith refused to go home because she needed a special bed. Oct. 22, 2013— -- A Connecticut hospital had to go to court to evict a patient who refused to leave the facility in a fight over a ...

More patients turning to ED for behavioral healthcare While many emergency department visits are urgent, it has also become a catch-all for patients with no other options for care. Visits to the ED ...

Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t ...