LAKEWOOD — Behind tall brick walls and secure windows, hundreds of patients at Washington state’s largest psychiatric ... mother spent two years at Western State Hospital and suffered dozens ...

It's not unusual to hear patients screaming and crying at Western State Hospital, workers say. But lately, they say it's been worse than normal at the massive psychiatric facility just south of ...

A judge has ordered the state agency that operates Washington's largest psychiatric hospital ... That same Western State Hospital patient grabbed Kaitlyn Tritt's hair with both hands and wouldn ...

The new Western State Hospital will be the latest addition to the state’s bed capacity. In 2023, the state acquired and opened a psychiatric hospital in Tukwila for patients under civil ...

Western State has over 800 beds for patients who are involuntarily committed because of psychiatric disorders and criminal defendants whose competency is in question. The hospital lost $53 million ...

Western State Hospital, a mammoth, 714-bed public mental institution, is one of Washington State’s two public hospitals for the mentally ill. Built in 1871 in rural Pierce County, Western State has ...

Western State Hospital is a large psychiatric hospital in Lakewood. Ted S. Warren AP file photo, 2015 The state agency overseeing Western State Hospital is accused of gross negligence after a 69 ...

the director of the DSHS Office of Forensic Mental Health Services, said. “A lot of it is bringing on additional beds, these beds, those in the community, beds at Western State Hospital - all of ...

Construction is progress at a new state psychiatric hospital ... broke ground in October 2024 on the 350-bed facility at Western State Hospital in Pierce County. Work began in December, then ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A brand-new behavioral health campus in Vancouver is nearly ready to open — with landscaping and signage ...