“Things have to get a lot worse before they decide to help you,” one patient reveals to Stacey Dooley during On The Psych Ward. “And, by the time things are worse, you don’t actually want ...

Here, Katie describes the reality of being admitted to a psych ward for Christmas. On Christmas Eve 2017, I called my best friend and asked her to come and see me. I had been in the depths of an ...

This is what the psych ward looks like: A small building off the interstate, brick, and unobtrusive. The reception room is covered in plush blue. An admissions office spurs off to one side ...

Twenty-five-year-old Hat has also spent time in different psychiatric wards, and has had mixed experiences. "On one ward they'd lock away pads so you didn't have access without asking," Hat says.