Patients seeking psychiatric treatment sometimes had to wait days in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center’s emergency room for space at facilities across the state to open up, the hospital told the ...

Complaints and restructuring at General raise concerns that overcrowded ERs and limited beds put unhoused patients at risk.

The relationship between the emergency room and schizophrenia (or those with serious mental illness) is complicated and often results in undesirable outcomes. Only patients under full throttle ...

Patients with experience of self-admission describe increased autonomy, improved conditions for recovery and reduced strain in relationships with relatives. They also report that access to ...