The details of the apology were included in a report outlining the health board's submission to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry [Getty Images] A health board has offered an unreserved apology to ...

People with mental health diagnoses are often the victims of violence and abuse, both within and beyond mental healthcare systems. Media reports of sexual A new study finds survivors of sexual and ...

Several privately run psychiatric hospitals in central China are facing scrutiny after an undercover investigation alleged that people with no serious.

The abuse of psychiatry for political purposes has a long and sad history. Defining dissidents as "mentally ill" allows political authorities to evade many of the legal protections built into criminal ...

Survivors of Abuse NJ announced that attorney Joseph L. Messa, Jr., Esq., is being recognized for his work in psychiatrist sexual abuse litigation throughout New Jersey. The acknowledgment reflects ...

The family of a male patient at a psychiatric hospital, who died after being abused by hospital staff, have filed a suit against the institution. The family is suing Ishigooka Psychiatric Hospital in ...

Content warning: This story mentions the alleged sexual abuse of a minor, other forms of child abuse and the use of derogatory slurs. A lawsuit filed in Moore County on Friday, Dec. 12, brings renewed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recently opened Madera County acute psychiatric hospital was hit with two state penalties for putting patient’s into harm’s way, ...