The persistently low inpatient numbers at the state psychiatric hospital after admissions reopened are partly attributable to the regular ebb and flow of need statewide, Frantz said.

Admissions to the crisis stabilization unit at Tacoma’s new psychiatric hospital, Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital, are now on hold. MultiCare president and CEO announced the move Wednesday.

Since the deprivation of liberty is a significant impingement on one’s due process rights the U.S. Supreme Court requires regular access to courts for involuntarily confined psychiatric patients ...

Emergency room physicians at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit struggle daily with the high number of patients — averaging seven per day — arriving in the department with psychiatric issues. All ...