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NewsNew Jersey sued for medicating mental patients without consent
Patient advocates filed a lawsuit accusing New Jersey psychiatric hospitals of giving patients virtually no chance to object to being involuntarily medicated with powerful drugs with potentially Read more...
Patients continue to spend days in EDs waiting for psych placement
An investigative report reveals serious problems in how Georgia continues to handle psychiatric admissions. Psychiatric patients in Georgia can spend in days emergency departments awaiting admission Read more...
City of Los Angeles wins $1.6M patient-dumping settlement
The city of Los Angeles has won a $1.6 million settlement with an area hospital over charges that the hospital dumped psychiatric patients on the city's Skid Row. College Hospital Costa Mesa and Read more...
| Press ReleasesPhysicians’ and Psychiatric Patients’ Rights Protected in Court Decision Argued by Law Firm of Abrams FenstermanNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The New York State Appellate Division, First Department, recently ruled that physicians may retain the right to use professional discretion in hospitalizing psychiatric Read more >> |
