Lord Kamall proposed a change to the Mental Health Bill so that nurses or doctors could carry out detentions without police ...

Federal cuts to the state Office of Mental Health could take an axe to parts of Gov. Kathy Hochul's signature mental health ...

The San Diego Police Officer who responded to a 911 call from Kurt and Bita Heitmann for help with their 18-year-old son Trevor was clear in his refusal to assess the young man."I don't want to go to ...

The bill, titled "An Act to Establish the North Carolina Mental Health and Psychedelic Medicine Task Force" or the ...

The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill authorizing temporary firearm hold agreements between gun owners and ...

Abbey, from Manchester, said: "I was treated more like a criminal than somebody in crisis, and I think that’s the experience of a lot of people that are sectioned under the Mental Health Act." ...

Everybody’s been denied some form of care,’ said one California mental health advocate. Now, lawmakers are advancing new ...

For most of these admissions, she was detained under the Mental Health Act. Now she is speaking out about her experiences to make politicians make changes to the law. The Londoner said ...

Behavioral health providers are weighing whether to close programs focused on mental illness prevention and opioid recovery ...

The state has wrestled for years with ordering civil commitments for people with severe mental illness. Here’s what you need ...

Meanwhile, the Australian Medical Association says a patient spends seven hours on average in emergency before being admitted ...