The emergency rules stem from a San Francisco Chronicle investigation that linked cases of physical assault, sexual assault and death to low staffing levels at for-profit acute psychiatric hospitals.

Psychiatric hospitals could close beds under proposed state rules if regulators don’t allow implementation time, facilities warn.

Judge granted injunction in 2023 that exempted woman from rules, allowing her to continue using prescribed hydromorphone at ...

Key Takeways - Georgia is intensifying mental health parity enforcement with substantial penalties. The Georgia Insurance Commissioner’s January ...

UNC Health and Advocate Health, the state’s two largest providers, have halted gender-affirming care for patients under 19.

The federal government doesn’t monitor spit hood use at psychiatric facilities. States, national medical organizations and accrediting agencies don’t either.

As they gear up for this week’s Point in Time Count, people who help the homeless look for answers, wait for court decision ...

Changes authorized by Lurie's ordinance allowed addiction treatment and shelters to open much more quickly, cutting many ...

You deserve practical support in the weeks before and after birth. Here are 10 accessible programs many families qualify for, ...

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Margaret Marsilla wants a moratorium for those without terminal conditions after her mentally ill son flew to Vancouver to end his life ...

Democrats and the White House struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of ...