Good Samaritan Hospital will close the inpatient psychiatric facility on its Mission Oaks campus in Los Gatos in August. Santa Clara County has approximately 211 inpatient psychiatric beds, a number that experts say is alarmingly low even without the loss of Mission Oaks 18. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) Alexis Crase calls Mission Oaks her … Read more
In the June issue of Psychiatric Times, we’ve worked with experts from diverse psychiatric areas to bring you thoughtful articles on a wide variety of psychiatric topics, from neuromodulation for eating disorders to adolescent ethics education on mental health care in the age of social media. Here are some highlights of the matter. Conversations with … Read more
In telling the story of mental health treatment and psychosis, the dominant voices often belong to academics and professional experts, marginalizing the perspectives of service users with lived experience of psychosis and mental health services. This omission obscures the long and rich history of user-driven social movements that courageously challenged psychiatric authority for decades. In … Read more