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 ...

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 ...

“This policy, while likely formed with good intent, is short-sighted and places more strain on a system that is close to breaking. It also shifts focus and continues to villainize individuals who need ...

New York City leaders are divided over involuntary hospitalizations of people who show signs of severe mental illness, as lawmakers in Albany debate whether to expand officials’ power to remove them ...

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 ...

Nearly 7,800 New Yorkers were taken to hospitals against their will for psychiatric assessments in 2024, according to a new report from the Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health. These trips were ...

SARA SIDNER, SENIOR CORRESPONDENT: Now, we turn to a woman who has dedicated her career to how people with mental illnesses are cared for. Professor Elyn Saks, focuses on the important ethical issues ...

Currently, several states including New York and California are considering legislation that would greatly expand involuntary hospitalization. Perhaps no topic has been more divisive among mental ...

Content warning: The following article contains a personal narrative of involuntary hospitalization in a UChicago psychiatric facility, including detainment by campus police, detailed descriptions of ...

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