A Seattle Times investigation found medical staff in dozens of states have used spit hoods alongside restraints and sedatives on mental health patients,a practice linked to distress, suffocation and ...

Family photos and hospital records of Quincy Jackson III, who has been in and out of hospitals and jails, including three state-run psychiatric facilities, for about a decade.Meg Vogel for The ...

Many medical facilities across the U.S. use hoods on psychiatric patients to block them from spitting. Experts say the ...

Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston is once again the best US hospital for psychiatric care, according to the US News & World Report’s latest ranking of best hospitals for psychiatry. McLean ...

Content warning: This story includes detailed descriptions of psychiatric hospitalization, involuntary confinement and allegations of medical neglect. Tina Blackburn woke up in her rental car outside ...