WA bill seeks cap for sending people to state psychiatric hospitals
Rep. Darya Farivar wants to cap the number of people counties can send to state hospitals for competency restoration services ...
Hospital admissions for mental health increase by 65% in a decade among young people
Hospital admissions for eating disorders and those among girls aged 11 to 15 had particularly steep increases. View on ...
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Will Forcing People Into Mental Health Treatment Help Them?
For years, states strictly limited the amount of time people could be institutionalized. With homelessness rising, some policymakers want to do more.
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Involuntary commitments start far more often in NYC's homes than public spaces, data shows
Black New Yorkers made up a disproportionate share of those taken to the hospital involuntarily, the data shows. About 23% of ...
Scotland: Some people have been in hospital for more than 25 years, report finds
The Mental Welfare Commission looked at the circumstances of 55 people in Scotland who had been in some kind of hospital ...
Australian state government deepens attack on public sector mental health care
Labor is exacerbating the already catastrophic state of public sector mental health care, attacking long-established ...
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Hospital admissions for mental health increase by 65% in a decade among young people
Hospital admissions related to young people's mental health have increased by 65 per cent in a decade in England, a new study found. The number of young people aged between five and 18 admitted ...