What Is a Psych Ward? A psych ward, also called a psychiatric ward or unit, is where you go to get short-term or in-patient treatment for serious mental health issues. You’ll receive around-the ...

It was a patient, singing on the psychiatric unit. The “psych ward” remains among the most stigmatized places in modern medicine. Despite more-accepting public attitudes toward mental-health ...

That was when I realized that I’d made the right decision to check myself into the psych ward. “Thank you,” the nurse said, handing me a pair of socks. After I put them on, he escorted me to ...

At parties, I used to explain to people who wanted to know what I do — I’m a psychiatrist — that caring for people with mental illness on a psych ward is like working in a place apart from ...