Ohio’s six state-run psychiatric hospitals are nearly full. Their patients are almost exclusively individuals coming from the criminal justice system – including those transferred from jails ...

Six state hospitals remain open. DeWine pointed out that it's not just an Ohio problem. Nationwide, states closed 62 psychiatric hospitals between 1997 and 2015 and since the 1950s, there has been ...

DeWine, though, wants to focus on improving the use of Ohio's 1,100 state psychiatric hospital beds so that they're more available to those in need. Currently, 93% of the beds are occupied by ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Nine out of ten beds ... that treatment in the jail,” said Rezash Rogal. In our state’s six psychiatric hospitals, 93% of beds are taken by people referred by criminal ...

The hospital also said they hired more than 300 patient care associates and psychiatric care technicians in fiscal year 2025 and will hire 50 more soon. The full statement from The Ohio State ...

Mike DeWine released Thursday afternoon. Ohio’s six state-operated regional psychiatric hospitals are currently at 96% capacity. Their populations are almost exclusively made up of people who ...

Following the opening of a similar hospital in Columbus, the state has begun the early steps to create a mental health-focused hospital in Dayton. Columbus health system executives who made more ...

Ohio’s six state-run psychiatric hospitals are nearly full. Their patients are almost exclusively individuals coming from the criminal justice system – including those transferred from jails, those ...