Recognizing decades of coercive and abusive psychiatric “treatment,” the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for ...

The latest data from the Prison Policy Initiative paints a disturbing picture of how our criminal justice system fails to ...

Nearly 90% of New York City voters support expanding involuntary commitment and care of mentally ill residents roaming the ...

BATAVIA – Richmond Memorial Library will present a virtual program March 19 that will tell the story of Elizabeth Packard who ...

In their largely symbolic counterproposals to Hochul’s budget released this week, the state Assembly and Senate rejected the ...

Oregon has dozens of people waiting an average of over 13 days to be admitted to the state psychiatric hospitals. State ...

What causes mental illness? It's complicated. Although the exact cause of most mental illnesses isn't known, research shows they often come from a complex mix of biological, genetic, psychological ...