Coming to terms with mental healthcare's messy past is essential in moving forward. The founder of American psychiatry is a ...

Hundreds of people who were separated from society because they had disabilities are buried in a nondescript field at the ...

In-patient services in Lowell to treat mental illness and substance use disorders may be finally within reach as two separate ...

From tuberculosis compoud to psychiatric facility, the Indiana State Sanatorium’s eerie and deadly history continues to draw ...

When the chaos seemed at its worst, Barbara Vassis created a spreadsheet to record the number of days her daughter spent in ...

Self-appointed advocates too often prevent the most gravely disabled from accessing care.

The mentally ill within the prison system are in crisis. They are often subjected to isolation, punitive measures, and ...

Saint Joseph's Medical Center in Yonkers, N.Y., has opened a residential treatment facility for patients experiencing a psychiatric crisis.

Prosecutors announced indictments against four teenagers more than a month after an attack on a person with a disability near ...

Four teenagers have been indicted in the beating of a developmentally delayed man who was attacked in a Danvers, ...

Four teenagers have been indicted in the beating of a developmentally delayed man who was attacked in a Danvers, ...