The goal is to get the more of the mentally ill into psychiatric hospitals and outpatient care. However, some fear it is a ...

Cape Cod mental health and law enforcement experts said the closure would mean more people in emergency rooms and jails.

People sat in overwhelmed county jails for months waiting for a spot at the state hospital for these short-term services. The ...

Labor is exacerbating the already catastrophic state of public sector mental health care, attacking long-established ...

One key proposal is to change the state’s legal standards for involuntarily hospitalizing ... New York’s mental-hygiene law currently lets hospitals retain mentally ill individuals whom clinicians ...

Rep. Justin Humphrey filed a bill to move mental health services to the corrections department, but he says it was to draw ...

Nidia Heston always had a plan for her son Quin but nothing could have prepared her when her son’s school wouldn’t enroll him ...

Judge will determine what should happen to Jimar Neely, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in a Rock Hill double murder.

Two thirds of nurses experiencing mental health issues are not receiving treatment. Some states are pushing for legislation ...

Getting a complaint to stick in Michigan’s mental health system isn’t easy, an MLive investigation revealed. In 2023, 73% of complaints were found to be unsubstantiated and never investigated any ...

Hochul’s newest plan will put hundreds of NYPD officers—all costing the city overtime pay —to man every overnight subway train.