In 2016, I was admitted to a psych ward, where I fell for another patient. We connected quickly and were honest with each other about why we were there. When he rejected me, I realized I'd just been ...

In a shocking twist, TikToker @jaypitts75 shared how karma clocked in for one of his former coworkers. This woman went from ...

“Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays,” I croon, strumming a borrowed guitar. I’m attempting to be quiet enough to not overshadow others’ conversations while still setting a merry vibe ...

Schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, bipolar. All words that make most people uncomfortable due to a lack of information, misinformation and stigma around mental health. But one nurse has ...

Editor’s note: Yu Lei is a nurse at a tertiary psychiatric hospital in China’s eastern Jiangsu province with more than 10 years of experience. Her hospital receives patients with various mental health ...

“Are you a cutter?” the medical aide asked me, gearing to strap a blood pressure monitor around my upper arm to take my vitals at 11 o’clock one evening. I had entered the psychiatric unit, or as it ...

The 7 Investigators were the first to show you in February how patients have been alleging they were held against their will in psychiatric hospitals, or they say they were coerced into staying for ...

How do you prove your sanity, when your spouse can send you to a psychiatric ward against your will? A report this week about a married couple, both of whom were involuntarily admitted to psychiatric ...

Tracking patients and workers within a hospital’s psychiatric ward is not only doable—it’s being done. Austria’s University Hospital, in Innsbruck, has installed two RFID-based alarm systems to ...

A cast of people who look like they have lived some life. Looking to cast people that we wouldn’t imagine in a psych ward because in reality, people go thru shit and need help when they need it. All ...