By Joe Nelson HIGHLAND - More than 500 people attended Patton State Hospital's 16th annual Forensic Mental Health Conference last week.

By Robert Rogers SAN BERNARDINO - An employee at Patton State Hospital has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a patient in late January.

By Robert Rogers In the 9-foot-by-9-foot restraint rooms at Patton State Hospital, the leather straps for a patient's wrists, waist and ankles are tucked beneath the bed sheets while not in use.

By Katherine Rosenberg, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif. Jun. 23--Adevelopmentally challenged man with the mental capacity of a 10-year-old is sitting in county jail. He spends most days throwing tantrums and literally banging his head against the wall.

By Selicia Kennedy-Ross, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif. Apr. 10--SAN BERNARDINO -- More than 100 licensed psychiatric technicians rallied Monday at Patton State Hospital to push for adequate staffing levels and pay equal to their counterparts in the state prison system.