A hospital employee is being investigated for allegedly raping a male patient a the shower in the psychiatric unit of Kings County Hospital Center—where a 49-year-old woman died in a waiting room after being repeatedly ignored by staffers. The victim, described in the Daily News as "developmentally disabled, deaf and mute," reported the attack to relatives two weeks ago. After scanning surveillance footage and conducting forensic tests, police are reportedly nearing an arrest. more ›

Keiko DesJardins has no history of mental illness, but her visit to Coney Island Hospital Monday morning for a routine GYN exam resulted in her forced transfer to the hospital's psychiatric emergency room. When she told the GYN admissions nurse about her past treatment for mood swings caused by PMS, the nurse "misunderstood and panicked," DesJardins tells NY1. Despite protest from her and her husband, she was forcibly transferred over to the psych ward. more ›

The family of a possibly insane killer who butchered a doctor now wants him to be reexamined. Last week, a lawyer for David Tarloff, who killed a psychiatrist in her Upper East Side office and attacked her colleague with a variety of knives in February, mentioned his client's problems and now a motion reveals their extent. more ›

Many have characterized New York City's real estate boom as insane, and this latest chapter adheres to that theme. The imposing and occasionally frightening-looking Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital on Manhattan's 1st Ave. may be transformed into a luxury hotel. more ›