Introduction Over 100 000 service users are admitted to acute mental health wards annually, many involuntarily. Wards are under incredible pressure due to high bed occupancy rates and staff shortages.

A coronial inquest into the death in custody of a Darwin prisoner has heard prison officers ignored concerns about the ...

Five people have been arrested in Austin, Texas, after a woman was discovered handcuffed outside a home where she claimed to ...

At the South Carolina State House on Wednesday, legislators and medical professionals met to discuss possible solutions, ...

A Tyrone man has been denied bail after allegedly attacking a UPMC nurse, knocking him out and causing a brain bleed that required emergency surgery. Bradley Scott Lloyd, 40, listed in court documents ...

For pregnant women who are spending time in prison, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice maintains specialty programs and ...

Research suggests music has the power to relieve pain. We speak to a nurse who brings his ukulele into the hospital ward.

The use of full-body restraints is the subject of several federal lawsuits likening incorrect usage of the devices to punishment and even torture.

Nurses at University Medical Center New Orleans (UMCNO) announced Thursday that they will hold a three-day strike in November ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers went on strike Tuesday to demand better wages and staffing from the ...

Attorneys for the man accused of assassinating Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk are asking a Utah judge to allow him to appear in civilian clothing and without restraints at all court ...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) warned on Friday that President Trump’s growing involvements in Ukraine’s war with Russia and in the Caribbean Sea against Venezuela could further unravel and greatly upset the ...