One of the women, Stephanie, told BBC Scotland: "The nurses were more abusive than caring." NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde ...

Young women tell their stories from years spent on an adolescent psychiatric ward - a place supposed to make them better, but which they say failed them and left them traumatised.

An expert psychiatrist has said it was not "straightforward" to remove plastic bin liners from a mental health hospital ward ...

Patients who were teenagers when they were admitted to Skye House, a specialist NHS unit in Glasgow, told BBC Disclosure some nurses called them "pathetic" and "disgusting" - and even mocked their ...

A new Lancet study has revealed a shock rise in children and young people hospitalised for mental health concerns such as self harm and suicide between 2012 and 2022 ...

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Wards at the mental health facility at the centre of an abuse scandal have been criticised by watchdog inspectors, with concerns raised over the safety of patients. Care Quality Commission (CQC) staff ...

The number of children being admitted to acute hospital wards due to concerns over their mental health has increased by almost two-thirds in a decade, according to a study. The rise was particularly ...