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.

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

Beth Brown was assigned to a major project at work when hardship struck. Brown, director of health and well-being at a ...

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

California hospitals say the behavioral health staffing proposal risks closing hundreds of psychiatric beds and reducing ...

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

In a statement to the Chicago Tribune, Lurie linked the move directly to "actions by the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

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