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Wisconsin girl who stabbed classmate to please 'Slender Man' requests third release from mental institution
The girls later told investigators they wanted to earn the right to be servants of the fictional Slender Man and that they feared he would harm their families if they...
Laughing teen accused of killing retired police chief in hit-and-run found unfit to stand trial, moved out of prison
Ayala was facing multiple charges, alongside his co-assailant Jzamir Keys, 17, for the 2023 murder of Andreas Probst.
Do you love your really loud car? Chances are you're a psychopath: study
Might want to get that checked out.
Psych patient in NYPD custody bit off hospital guard's finger: suit
Dmitry Walker allegedly kicked, punched, and bit off security guard Neville Codner's finger at Brookdale Hospital in Brownsville
'I see dead people': Mugging victim says NYPD took him for psych eval after claiming he said famed movie phrase
Glenn Garofano, 70, called 911 after he was assaulted by three men on a late night stroll on Staten Island, who stole cash, a pinkie ring and his gold chain,...
Hospitalized mental health blogger dies after ingesting poison she ordered from Russia
British mental health blogger Beth Matthews died at a secure psychiatric facility after she ingested a poisonous substance she bought from Russia.
Letters to the Editor — Oct. 23, 2022
Post readers sound off about a recent column about FBI agents, NYC’s mental health fix, banishing Putin from G20 and the death of Ryder, the city carriage horse who died...
High-risk sex offender found dead at NYC psych facility, homicide suspected: cops
Level 3 offender Shakim Devega, 28, was found unconscious and unresponsive – with trauma to his neck area – inside the Kingsboro Psychiatric Center.
Teenager with COVID-induced psychosis thought hospital staff was poisoning him
As his illness took hold, the patient — perhaps unknowingly — echoed the sentiments of many a conspiracy theorist concerned about the "government coming for him."
Nurse suspended after relationship with 'highly vulnerable' psych patient
A psychiatric nurse has been suspended after she formed a personal and intimate relationship with a “highly vulnerable” patient.
British politician in psych ward after accusations of sex harassment, cocaine use
The British politician allegedly snorted lines of cocaine and stripped naked in a picture dated Feb. 1, showing him what appear to be lines of the illicit drug.
'It's an outrage': Jussie Smollett being held in jail psych ward, brother claims
The "Empire" actor, who remains at the Cook County Jail after being sentenced to five months behind bars for staging a hate crime, was thrown into the ward because of...
French cannibal escapes psych ward, attacks woman walking dog
Jeremy Rimbaud, 34, beat the woman with a stick in Toulouse in southern France on Wednesday after breaking free from the psychiatric hospital where he has been held since 2011
Coronavirus wreaking havoc on four New Jersey psychiatric hospitals
The coronavirus has devastated New Jersey’s four psychiatric hospitals -- with 240 cases and five fatalities, according to data released by state officials over the weekend. The virus has spread...
State corrections union says first coronavirus-positive member has died
A 62-year-old security officer at a state psychiatric facility who had coronavirus has died, marking the first COVID-19-linked death among members of the union for state corrections and police officers....
Safety standards are making psych facilities feel 'prison-like'
HARTFORD, Conn. — New safety standards aimed at limiting suicide risks have led to overhauls inside hospitals around the country, with psychiatric facilities and wards removing bathroom doors, stripping artwork...
Woman who forced ex into sex at machete-point sent to psychiatric hospital
A Montana woman accused of breaking into her ex-boyfriend’s home with a machete — and then raping him — was sentenced this week to 20 years in a state psychiatric...
Man accused of dousing family with hot oil remains in psych ward
A man charged with attacking his family with hot oil and setting their Bronx apartment on fire remained in the psych ward Sunday, police said. Ricardo McDonald, 41, was accused...
Man committed to mental hospital for beheading mother
OREGON CITY, Ore. — A man who decapitated his mother on Mother's Day and walked into a rural Oregon grocery store holding her severed head was found guilty of murder...
Lawmakers rally over planned closure of psychiatric ward
City pols are urging the state to block the closing of a psychiatric ward in upper Manhattan, where residents fear that hundreds of untreated mentally ill people will wind up...