A patient at Washington's largest psychiatric hospital was found dead on the campus Monday, after going missing the previous ...

A patient at Western State Hospital in Lakewood has died after accessing a construction crane on the property and jumping or ...

DSHS said the patient did not return after being allowed court-ordered, unescorted grounds privileges on Sunday, Jan. 4.

The family of Stephen Kellogg sued the state last year, alleging that Western State Hospital could have done more to protect ...

A patient from Lakewood, Wash.-based Western State Hospital — the largest psychiatric hospital in the state — was diagnosed with Legionnaires’, according to an Associated Press report relayed by The ...

While the Department of Social and Health Services and CMS work on a 13-month improvement plan for Lakewood, Wash.-based Western State Hospital, a new report outlines the numerous economic and quality ...

The state agency overseeing Western State Hospital will pay $2.3 million to resolve a lawsuit that accused officials of negligence after a psychiatric patient was strangled to death by his roommate.

Western State Hospital is a large psychiatric hospital in Lakewood. The state agency overseeing Western State Hospital is accused of gross negligence after a 69-year-old psychiatric patient was ...

Construction is ramping up at a new state psychiatric hospital as Washington works to meet continued demand for treatment of people accused of crimes. The state broke ground in October on the new ...

During his campaign, Gov. Bob Ferguson promised to spend a week working at Western State Hospital to better understand the challenges facing the state’s largest psychiatric facility. Following a ...

The Seattle Times reports that Pierce County Superior Court Commissioner Craig Adams posed the option to Strange because a patient has been waiting months to be detained at the state psychiatric ...

STAUNTON — Police arrested a man Wednesday who is accused of injuring an employee in an attack last month at Western State Hospital in Staunton. Sgt. Chris Ammons, a spokesperson for the Staunton ...