The mother who allegedly killed her baby boy by tossing him from the roof of a four-story parking structure at the Orange County Children's Hospital is being held in a solitary cell in the psychiatric ward of the Orange County jail. more ›

At least one inmate was getting a little restless Sunday when he fatally stabbed a fellow patient inside a secure ward of a Sun Valley psychiatric facility. Now that man, 27-year-old Jerry L. Romansky of Glendale, is facing murder charges for the death of his roommate, 48-year-old Dean J. Camacho, according to the Daily News. more ›

6-year-old Jack Dorman was placed on a psychiatric hold after he drew what school officials say was a "disturbing picture" that expressed a wish to die, according to NBCLA. The student at the LAUSD's Taper Avenue Elementary in San Pedro was evaluated by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health Psychiatric Mobile Response Team, who determined the child was at risk of harming himself, and placed him on a 72-hour psych hold. more ›

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