A facility tasked with treating children with mental health issues and disabilities in the Pittsburgh area is facing five sexual abuse lawsuits.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has charged another former employee at a psychiatric hospital in Columbia with abuse of a vulnerable adult.According to SLED, at the time of the incident, ...

Five lawsuits alleging child abuse have been filed against Southwood Psychiatric Hospital. HKM Employment Attorneys brought the lawsuits on behalf of patients they say suffered physical and sexual ...

A psychiatric care facility for children and adolescents in Allegheny County is facing five new lawsuits from former patients who claim they were physically and sexually assaulted while staying there.

Six years ago, Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration agreed to a lawsuit settlement that required Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital to submit to a decade of court supervision to eliminate the "constant ...

California enacted new staffing rules for psychiatric hospitals June 1, establishing minimum nurse-to-patient ratios and financial penalties for facilities that fail to comply. The emergency ...

The state psychiatric hospital must reject patients charged with lower-level crimes, reserving beds for the most serious ...

HOUSE COMMITTEE AND IS NOW ON ITS WAY TO THE FULL HOUSE FOR CONSIDERATION. ALLEGED ABUSE SPANNING MORE THAN A DECADE AT A PENNSYLVANIA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITY. FIVE NEW LAWSUITS AGAINST SOUTHWOOD ...

Abuse claims in hospitals, nursing homes, and psychiatric units rise or fall on proof, not outrage alone. In St. Louis, MO, and across the region, these claims have gained urgency as allegations of ...