Category: psychiatric hospital

Pregnant Teacher in China Disappears After Plea For Help From Psychiatric Hospital

A Chinese pregnant teacher disappeared soon after she secretly sent out her last message for help from a psychiatric hospital, which she claimed she had been forcibly carried to. “Find a way to save me,” was the last plea for help received from Li Tiantian, a teacher of rural Yongshun County, central China’s Hunan Province. She…


Mother of Would-Be Reagan Assassin John Hinckley Dies at 95

WASHINGTON—Jo Ann Hinckley, a constant companion to her son John Hinckley Jr. as the would-be assassin of President Ronald Reagan was gradually allowed to live outside a psychiatric hospital in Washington, has died. Jo Ann Hinckley, 95, had been her son’s primary companion as he transitioned in recent years from living at a Washington psychiatric…


Russian Court Sentences Shaman Critical of Putin to Psychiatric Treatment: Lawyer

MOSCOW—A Russian court on Monday sentenced a Siberian shaman critical of President Vladimir Putin to enforced treatment in a psychiatric hospital for assaulting a member of Russia’s National Guard, his lawyer said. Alexander Gabyshev drew media attention when he set off in 2019 on what he said would be an 8,000-km (5,000-mile) walk to Moscow,…