Plan proposed to reduce mental hospital crowding

Charleston Daily Mail;  October 5, 2005 ;     224 words ......plan to reduce overcrowding at the state's two mental hospitals. They want to open five new group homes in local...cheaper than treating people in the state's mental hospitals and jails, Bianconi told lawmakers Tuesday during...individuals who don't need it." The state's two mental ...

Analysis: Evolution and future of American mental hospitals

Talk of the Nation (NPR);  January 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Analysis: Evolution and future of American mental hospitals Host: NEAL CONAN Time: 2:00-3:00 PM NEAL...off to literally find asylum in private mental hospitals, like McLean, in Belmont, Massachusetts...fortunate often would up in state-run mental hospitals, epitomized by Meadowbrook ...

Mental hospital crowding addressed: 5 group homes proposed for state...

Charleston Gazette;  October 5, 2005 ;     567 words ......the state's two mental hospitals in Huntington...in the state's mental hospitals and jails, Bianconi...The state's two mental hospitals have room for...the state's two mental hospitals are sent to private...the number of mental hygiene petitions...commit someone ...

Soviets to Allow Visits to Mental Hospitals; Change Could Lead to Outside...

The Washington Post;  March 27, 1988 ;     289 words ......American psychiatrists to visit Soviet mental hospitals, a high-ranking State Department...activity and political abuse of mental hospitals. Unlike the United States, where commitment to a mental hospital is a legal process, the Soviet Union permits incarceration in a mental ...

The maternity hospital and the mental hospital

Ideas on Liberty;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......maternity hospital and the mental hospital are two completely different...special buildings called "mental hospitals," ostensibly devoted to...maternity hospitals and mental hospitals. The typical woman...typical person admitted to a mental hospital was a young adult in ...

MENTAL HOSPITALS FAST BECOMING PENAL INSTITUTIONS.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  May 1, 1999 ;     667 words ......Napa State Hospital has taken care of mental patients in an open, campus-like setting...the patients at California's four state mental hospitals were sent there by the criminal justice...Mentally Ill, said the trend is nationwide: Mental hospitals that once offered psychiatric care ...

Chatham County, N.C., Could Become Home to New Mental Hospital.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Raleigh and the World War II-era mental hospital in Butner were disclosed Tuesday...in communities instead of mental hospitals, which are expensive to operate...Although the idea to build a new mental hospital has been talked about for...

China Rejects Mental Hospital Charge

AP Online;  August 27, 2002 ;     359 words ......China denied Tuesday that it confines dissidents in its mental hospitals, but didn't say whether it would grant a demand by the...statement issued by the Foreign Ministry. It said Chinese mental hospitals were subject to strict management and had rigorous admissions...send a mission to investigate ...

Ranchi mental hospital now offers dental, eye care

The Hindustan Times;  April 5, 2007 ;     179 words ......Psychiatry and Allied Science (RINPAS), one of India's premier mental hospitals, has introduced specialised dental, eye care and physiotherapy...the purpose of removing the stigma and fear attached to a mental hospital," said a doctor. "We can even create awareness among people...

Soviets Enact New Mental Hospital Rules

The Washington Post;  March 2, 1988 ;     217 words ......regulations protecting patients against arbitrary commitment to mental hospitals are now in effect. Human rights groups in the West and...the "illegal commitment of a patently healthy person to a mental hospital a criminal offense." The new laws, which Dr. Marat Vartanyan...

REPORT FINDS FAULT WITH MENTAL HOSPITAL IN 1997 PATIENT DEATH.(LOCAL)

The Virginian Pilot;  May 12, 1999 ;     538 words ......largely because the staff of the state mental hospital didn't recognize the significance...for the agency that runs the state mental hospitals could not determine on Tuesday whether...state agency that runs Virginia's mental hospitals, said, ``The department deeply regrets...

CHINA SENDS TEENAGE ADDICTS TO MENTAL HOSPITALS

United Press International;  February 11, 2001 ;     274 words ......02-11-2001 China sends teenage addicts to mental hospitals LONDON, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- China is...imprisoning users, some of them under 18, in mental hospitals, The Times of London reported Monday...Many of those arrested wind up in mental hospitals and are left there until a bribe is...

China sends teenage addicts to mental hospitals.

United Press International;  February 11, 2001 ;     263 words ......imprisoning users, some of them under 18, in mental hospitals, The Times of London reported Monday...Many of those arrested wind up in mental hospitals and are left there until a bribe is...failed a drug test were then taken to mental hospitals, supposedly to be treated for ...

PATIENT TREATMENT IN MENTAL HOSPITALS:WILLIAM V. ROTH JR

Congressional Testimony;  October 26, 1999 ;     518 words ......USE OF SECLUSION AND RESTRAINTS IN MENTAL HOSPITALS WASHINGTON -- The Senate Finance Committee...use of seclusion and restraints in mental hospitals. The following is the opening statement...care in our hospitals, including mental hospitals, is excellent. Very rarely, though...

STATE FOOD: FLAWED DELIVERY VIRGINIA LAW REQUIRES STATE PRISONS AND MENTAL...

The Virginian Pilot;  April 4, 2000 ;     477 words ......distribution to Virginia's 50 prisons and 15 mental hospitals was rewritten by the Gilmore administration...system's only two customers - prisons and mental hospitals - are required by law to use it...Mary found that state prisons and mental hospitals are dissastisfied with the ...