California Sen. Shannon Grove introduced a bill Tuesday that would allow fewer accused criminals to be eligible for mental health diversion under California law. Her bill would also give judges more ...

Both men and women may be slow to spot the signs of their own mental health crisis, but it really helps to know what they look like.

This should alarm anyone who cares about transparency, accountability and public trust,” mental health organisations say.

A Nevada state report says many insurers put more hurdles in front of mental health care than physical care, likely breaking federal parity rules. Division of Insurance posted a ...

Discover ARFID, a serious eating disorder affecting children and adults, and learn about effective treatment options for ...

The big thinkers at Aperture analyze the dangers of romanticizing mental illness in culture and media.

There are 524 Missourians waiting for treatment and services from the Department of Mental Health. Of those, 446 are in jails ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Think of a psychiatric condition, something like ...

Treatment episodes were defined by initiation (no visit to the same program in the prior 30 days) and discontinuation (no services for ≥15 days), and retention was calculated as the share of episodes ...

The Central Mental Hospital is full with all 111 beds occupied and a further 38 people awaiting admission, a judge was told on Monday as she sought a place for a man who has been found unfit to plead ...

Jabez Chakraborty was shot four times by an NYPD officer on the morning of Jan. 26 in an encounter that lasted all of 16 ...

Three people have died in incidents allegedly involving patients who had absconded from the 175-year-old facility, which will ...