Patient-initiated brief admission as a complement to outpatient psychiatric care is appreciated by nurses and patients, and can reduce levels of anxiety in people with emotional instability and ...

Providing peer or community health workers to help psychiatric patients with complete psychiatric advance directives (PAD) to govern care in advance of a mental health crisis is associated with a ...

Children’s Minnesota and the Washburn Center for Children are placing an acute response therapist in EDs, providing ...

What Is a Psych Ward? A psych ward, also called a psychiatric ward or unit, is where you go to get short-term or in-patient treatment for serious mental health issues. You’ll receive around-the-clock ...

As the Oregon State Hospital gets its yearslong admissions backlog under control, smaller treatment groups say they’re struggling to accommodate the growing number of patients discharged from the ...