I was 15 years old when they locked me up in a psychiatric hospital. I spent 353 days away from my teenage life, forced to spend up to 12 hours a day sitting in a chair and staring at the wall. The experience prepared me for a lifetime of traumatic memories, which still haunt me … Read more
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part series about Ashlynn Miles, a mentally ill Paso Robles woman who was picked up by a sex offender after she was released early from a county psychiatric facility. This article discusses topics related to sexual assault, self-harm and suicide. Please read with care. Kimberlee Booth was … Read more
crown based Exclusive healthcare services has expanded into the Sacramento region with a 117-bed psychiatric hospital to help meet the substantial demand for care here, company executives said, noting that this is the first such facility to be built in the North. of California since the late 1980s. “For every Sacramento County patient who was … Read more