Rep. Darya Farivar wants to cap the number of people counties can send to state hospitals for competency restoration services ...

Northeast Ohio Medical University will soon be able to train students to meet the shortage of mental health providers in Ohio ...

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 ...

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

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

As part of a proposed revamping of the state's behavioral health system, Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte's administration is ...

When a person is charged with a crime but found too mentally ill to participate in their defense, Washington state must offer them temporary treatment.

For years, states strictly limited the amount of time people could be institutionalized. With homelessness rising, some policymakers want to do more.

Madison County Jail Administrator Jerry Endicott said staff typically only use restraints if people have self-harmed, and he ...

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 ...

North Carolina is launching a $20M pilot end law enforcement transportation of mental health patients being involuntarily committed.