Mental health disorders affect millions of Americans on a yearly basis, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness says 1 in 20 American adults experience serious mental illness each year. A ...

What does it mean to be Baker Acted in Florida? Learn the legal criteria, patient rights and the 72-hour timeline.

The Milwaukee Police Department said the decline in emergency mental health detentions is the result of the county creating ...

Can people with mental disorders be hospitalized against their will? The short answer is "yes," but only under specific circumstances. Some psychiatric disorders result in severe behavioral changes ...

The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a national organization focused on economic mobility for ...

Among Canadian politicians, there is a rising interest in the involuntary treatment of homeless patients with episodes of mental illness and substance abuse. Experts, however, say that the evidence to ...