A judge has issued the first $161,000 fine to the state for flouting a long-standing federal court order that it admit criminal defendants to the state psychiatric hospital within seven days of a ...

The Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Yaba, Lagos State, says it has witnessed a 100 percent increase in admissions for psychiatric patients in 2023. Olugbenga Owoeye, the hospital’s Chief Medical ...

Seven months after suspending the authority of a local psychiatric hospital to admit involuntary patients because of major problems, including deaths and medication mix-ups, Ventura County officials ...