COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – State lawmakers are considering a bill to make it easier to involuntarily hospitalize people with mental illness – and disability rights advocates are seriously concerned. For ...

The U.S. stands at a dangerous crossroads in mental health policy. On one hand, research shows that voluntary, community-rooted care helps people with psychiatric disabilities lead healthier, fuller ...

An advocacy group for people with disabilities sued the Murphy Administration Tuesday for running the state’s public psychiatric hospitals like prisons, where patients have been sexually and ...

(WXYZ) — The 7 Investigators were the first to show you in February how patients have been alleging they were held against their will in psychiatric hospitals, or ...

Federal investigators are launching a probe into whether Michigan unnecessarily institutionalizes adults with serious mental illness into state psychiatric hospitals. The U.S. Department of Justice ...

To coincide with the ‘teachers’ theme of my most recent newsletter I thought it apropos to write a post regarding accommodations for students with mental health issues in a post-secondary setting.

Disability Rights Oregon’s case can proceed against Washington County, alleging that 911 dispatchers routinely fail to send trained mental health clinicians to calls involving people in crisis and ...

The U.S. stands at a dangerous crossroads in mental health policy. On one hand, research shows that voluntary, community-rooted care helps people with psychiatric disabilities lead healthier, fuller ...