Four different meanings of how 'institutionalization' in psychiatry is conceptualized were identified from sixty-one papers across eleven different countries, i.e. bricks and mortar of care ...

The President of the United States recently suggested we bring back institutions to house the mentally ill to help solve the country’s gun-violence epidemic. I beg to differ. Instead, I support the ...

Those in emergency management and public safety try to include vulnerable populations in pre-disaster planning to account for their needs and keep them safe during emergencies, including people with ...

President Trump wants far more homeless Americans with addiction and mental illness sent to institutions. The idea is spelled out in one of his executive orders. NPR's Brian Mann spent time with a ...

Confirming many elderly patients' worst fears, a national study has shown that being hospitalized for an acute event, such as a stroke or hip fracture, can lead to long-term institutionalization in a ...

To commence, electronic searches were performed and the literature known to the authors was also considered. The databases searched were: Pubmed, Web of Science, PsychINFO, and Scopus as they are ...