First responders were called to Kalamazoo (Mich.) Behavioral Health Hospital 299 times from January 2025 through the week of Oct. 12, 2026, as the facility faces possible license revocation over patient safety violations, according to an Oct. 16 News Channel…
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Multiple juvenile patients were arrested after two disturbances Oct. 4 at Oasis Behavioral Health in Chandler, Ariz., involving assaults on staff and police officers and unauthorized access to controlled substances, according to a Chandler Police Department statement shared with Becker’s.…
Michigan regulators are seeking to revoke the license of Kalamazoo (Mich.) Behavioral Health Hospital, which is owned by South Bend, Ind.-based Neuropsychiatric Hospitals, following an investigation that uncovered ongoing violations of state licensing requirements related to patient safety, News Channel…
Patients with chronic, complex conditions that are difficult to diagnose can face another challenge in the healthcare system: having their symptoms minimized, misattributed or invalidated by clinicians, according to an Oct. 1 article in the American Psychological Association’s Monitor on…
South Bend, Ind.-based NeuroPsychiatric Hospitals, a for-profit psychiatric hospital chain with five Indiana facilities and locations in Arizona, Texas and Michigan, has faced patient-care allegations, lawsuits and regulatory findings in recent years, NPR and PBS affiliate WFYI Public Media reported…
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Osawatomie (Kan.) State Hospital is at the center of patient safety concerns over a proposed $1 billion, 283-acre data center that would sit a few hundred yards from the psychiatric facility, KSHB 41 reported Sept. 6. Clayton Sherlock, who spent…
The Lindsay Clancy case has shone a spotlight on maternal mental healthcare. Ms. Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her three children, The New York Times…
The CDC predicts 67,798 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. during the 12 months ending in March 2026, a 12.3% decrease compared to the same time period in the previous year, according to an Aug. 31 news release from the…
The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services revoked Richmond-based Hallmark Youthcare’s license Aug. 17, citing at least 27 violations, according to an Aug. 19 report from ABC affiliate WRIC. The violations included several cases of neglect, two of…
The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) responses submitted overnight showed higher rates of depression severity and thoughts of self-harm or being better off dead, according to an Aug. 18 Epic Research report. Researchers examined more than 600,000 PHQ-9 scores for U.S.…