Ex-mental health commissioner King Davis (left) leads the Friends of Central State group. Dr. Ronald Forbes, the hospital’s first Black medical director, serves as vice chairman.

Bridge Street hugs the Delaware River, making for a breezy walk that treks past antique shops, historic buildings and quaint restaurants. And at the end, it rolls into Pennsylvania via ...

Central State Hospital was founded in 1870 as the Central Lunatic Asylum for the Colored ... The COVID-19 pandemic initially slowed admissions to the state’s overcrowded mental hospitals, ...

Originally opened in 1870 as the first psychiatric asylum exclusively for Black citizens, Central State has metamorphosized into a muti-faceted mental-health center. In addition to psychiatric ...

When a court questions whether a person accused of a crime is mentally fit to stand trial, they’re referred for a mental ...

New Central State Hospital in Dinwiddie County celebrates topping ceremony as construction progresses on the 460,000-square-foot facility designed to replace the 150-year-old current hospital.

Construction underway on new state mental health hospital. What’s happening now ... 2025 3:02 PM. Lawmakers broke ground this afternoon on the South Central Kansas psychiatric hospital. Left to ...

Four changes coming to health care in Rhode Island; and the push for a statue to honor Westerly's running legend "Tarzan" ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Work is starting on the new South Central Regional Psychiatric Hospital in Wichita.. Local and state leaders gathered at noon Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony at ...

Cuyahoga County will use $7 million from opioid settlements to build a "first-of-its-kind" behavioral health crisis center ...

Shane James, after a mental health evaluation, was deemed competent for trial over a fatal shooting spree in Texas.

La Familia Central Valley has received more than $714,000 in combined federal and state funding to launch its Mobile Mental Health Access Point, a program designed to reduce transportation ...