Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JPS Health Network will open its new psychiatric emergency center next week, expanding desperately needed treatment to those in ...

Interactions between police and someone in psychiatric crisis can end in violence. Communities have been sending mental ...

America's emergency rooms are being flooded by children suffering from psychiatric emergencies like anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts or attempts, a new joint report from three leading medical ...

The legislative push has begun for changing Virginia’s laws on holding people involuntarily for evaluation and treatment in psychiatric emergencies. Del. Joseph A. Yost, R-Montgomery, has introduced ...

Continuity of clinicians significantly improves the likelihood of follow-up attendance following a psychiatric emergency presentation. Following psychiatric emergency presentation, patients are 3 ...

Discontinuing or interrupting the use of an antidepressant during pregnancy is linked to significantly higher mental health emergency department visits.

Pregnant women who stopped taking their antidepressants during pregnancy were almost twice as likely to have a mental health ...

Flushing Hospital Medical Center is adding to its array of psychiatric beds with the planned addition of an emergency unit for people in acute mental health crisis. The push complements a multi-year ...

State mental health officials are pouring more funds into new emergency mental health programs to quell New York’s persistent psychiatric care shortage. The state’s Office of Mental Health has ...

The integration of Tele MANAS with the ERSS aims to streamline mental health crisis response by enabling swift transfer of calls and faster intervention for psychiatric emergencies. This collaboration ...

More court-ordered patients, fewer staffed beds and longer stays have strained a system struggling to keep up with demand for treatment.