Researchers at Stanford and a Pennsylvania county are investigating new methods to minimize costly and harmful psychiatric holds. Every year in the U.S., more than 1 million people experiencing some ...

Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a plan Tuesday to connect New Yorkers who have severe, untreated mental illness to emergency and long-term care, focusing on cases in which people have refused voluntary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – State lawmakers are considering a bill to make it easier to involuntarily hospitalize people with mental ...

New York Mayor Eric Adams announced an immediate expansion of an involuntary hospitalization policy. (Justine Goode for The Nation) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree ...

I was on a call with my friend when a police officer entered her home. It was a chilly winter morning, and she was calling me to debrief about a panic attack she had just experienced. In confusion, ...

“When we've got the person, let's make sure they're getting what they need." ...

In March or 2007, after subsisting for five years with untreated schizophrenia, which manifested as severe psychosis, delusions, homelessness, and incarceration, I was taken to a psychiatric hospital ...

Ronald Exantus, 42, will be released from the Kentucky State Reformatory on July 29. Still, before that, he may be subject to ...