Psychiatric treatment can be a demanding, complex, and emotional experience for both doctor and patient. Because of the personal nature of the treatment, sometimes it is hard to tell when the doctor ...

In a subcategory of cases, a patient taking medication acted violently, and either the patient or the injured party blames the medication for the violent act. A particularly horrific example is ...

After watching her husband express hallucinations (thought that his testicles were disappearing), sudden major changes in behavior, such as banging his head against the wall, heavy pacing around in ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) _ A former psychiatrist who confided to a patient that he wanted to kill six people — and asked the patient to help him find a handgun — has settled a medical malpractice lawsuit ...

Medical malpractice: Suit alleges that a state psychiatric hospital failed to protect a resident who was fatally assaulted by another resident with a known violent history, demonstrating negligent ...