For decades, the health care system has operated under the cruel irony that the people dedicated to healing others were being punished for seeking healing themselves. Doctors, nurses, and health care ...
SPENCER, Iowa — This town’s hospital is a holdout on behalf of people going through mental health crises. The facility’s leaders have pledged not to shutter their inpatient psychiatric unit, as dozens ...
Content warning: This article contains mentions of sexual misconduct. Overall, the average mental hospital in this country has lackluster, prison-like conditions that are not at all conducive to the ...
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Spencer Hospital Chief Executive Officer Brenda Tiefenthaler (second from left) vows to maintain the facility’s mental health services, with help from behavioral health services director Kerri Dandy ...
This town's hospital is a holdout on behalf of people going through mental health crises. The facility's leaders have pledged not to shutter their inpatient psychiatric unit, as dozens of other U.S.