Last year, more than 1,700 orders for involuntary electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) were approved by tribunals in Australia.

Amid a quiet legislative session for health, lawmakers’ priority legislation reinforced the U.S. health secretary’s agenda.

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A Charter challenge to B.C.'s Mental Health Act, over a provision that groups say denies patients the ability to consent to ...

A mental health patient is unable seek federal review of a state court’s consent order that imposed certain conditions on her ...

The federal investigation revealed significant problems with patient care, staff training and hospital policies.

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More therapists are recording sessions with AI, leading to concerns over consent and data breaches. As generative artificial intelligence becomes embedded in people's everyday lives, one emerging ...

A decade ago the psychologist and thriller writer Frank Tallis published The Sleep Room, a disturbing tale of a monomaniacal psychiatrist who subjected female patients to months of high dose sedatives ...

A cache of court records has been unsealed in the high-stakes legal battle between Kansas abortion providers and Attorney ...