In 1973, David Rosenhan conducted a pivotal study that revealed deep flaws in psychiatric care. Seven individuals feigned ...

Tens of thousands of Americans each year are voluntarily and involuntarily committed into psychiatric institutes. A memoirist and an organizer share their experiences inside the wards. The first ...

For 47 years from 1915 to 1962, Morningside Psychiatric Hospital in Portland, Oregon, was the sole bidder to provide care for Alaskans who had been ordered committed as mentally ill. For all those ...

An American Folk Art Museum exhibition sheds light on the role psychiatrist Francesc Tosquelles played in the development of a history-changing movement. Romain Vigouroux, Francesc Tosquelles on the ...

We have come a long way, but there is more progress to be made.