Alaska Public Media

Questions remain after Alaska psychiatric patient's death, including how he died

Lingering questions around the death earlier this year of a man held at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute have renewed scrutiny of Alaska's only state-run mental hospital. Duop Tharjiath was 29 when he ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Daughter of nurse savagely beaten in hospital questions why dangerous psychiatric patient admitted

BUILDING COULD COLLAPSE. FIRST, AT SIX. LONG-TIME NURSE FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE AFTER DEPUTIES SAY SHE WAS BRUTALLY ATTACKED WHILE WORKING IN PALMS WEST HOSPITAL IN LOXAHATCHEE, INVESTIGATORS SAY STEVEN ...
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Spit hoods used on psychiatric patients nationwide, raising risks for EMS and hospital care

A Seattle Times investigation found medical staff in dozens of states have used spit hoods alongside restraints and sedatives on mental health patients,a practice linked to distress, suffocation and ...
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Idaho keeps some psychiatric patients in prison, ignoring decades of warnings about the practice

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. One ...