Friday, March 20, 2026
In Ukraine’s drone-dominated battlefield, critically wounded face slim chance to survive -- A pro-Kremlin blogger lashed out at Putin; he ended up in a psychiatric ward -- Hungary heads into defining electionand Ukraine plays a role -- Major Russian air defense factory in occupied Crimea reportedly hit in Ukrainian strike ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/friday-march-20-2026/
#ForProfit #Corporations Are Buying Up More #PsychiatricHospitals. Some Flout #FederalLaw With Scarce Repercussions.
https://www.propublica.org/article/psychiatric-hospitals-emtala-mental-health-profit
Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found.
[🇷🇺] Persons involved in political cases are now five times more likely to be sent for compulsory treatment
[article in Russian ⤵️]
https://www.agents.media/prinuditelnoe-lechenie-stali-primenyat-v-pyat-raz-chashhe-k-figurantam-politicheskih-del-s-2023-goda/
#psychiatric #psychiatrichospitals #dissidence #Russia #Russiancourts #USSR #UkraineWar #politics #humanrights #Navalny
Ленинский районный суд Нижнего Новгорода на прошлой неделе отправил местного жителя Алексея Вольского на принудительное лечение по делу о военных «фейках». Это уже как минимум 33 подобное решение, принятое российскими судами по политическим делам за последние полтора года. Частота таких решений в 2023 году выросла в 5 раз по сравнению со средним показателем 2021-2022 годов. […]
🌟 Our publication in the IJNS on nurses' work schedule management in psychiatric hospitals is out!
Key findings:
💡 9% of nurses faced sudden shift changes >=3x/month.
💡 40% worked overtime on the last shift.
💡 Emotional exhaustion linked to supervisor support and overtime, while intention to leave tied to perceived control, supervisor support, and overtime.
#openaccess paper here: DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2023.104583 #PsychiatricHospitals #Nursing #Research @nursingresearch
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