Figuring out the laws around mental health challenges can make you feel like a chicken running on a treadmill, as in this illustration by Lawrence Rozner. We look to experts for advice. (Lawrence ...

Saskatchewan's Compassionate Intervention Act would allow police or family to place people in treatment against their will.

Sen. Jay Costa, D-Forest Hills, has introduced a bill that would let family members have a loved one involuntarily committed for drug or alcohol abuse. At the age of 13, Alex Hoffman was already using ...

California's treatment threshold for imposing non-volitional psychiatric care on a person suffering from a mental illness states that he or she must be either "a danger to others, or to himself or ...

Over the past year, cities across the United States have unveiled new policy plans to address homelessness amid rising concerns about health and crime – for homeless people themselves, as well as for ...

The Trump administration is doubling down on its efforts to hide major issues facing the nation including the mental health crisis and homelessness. Out of sight, out of mind, appears to be the new ...

Advocates for people with mental illness and those with disabilities lined up Monday afternoon to urge a legislative committee to once again reject legislation that would authorize court-ordered ...

Ryan Camacho, now charged with murder in Wake teacher Zoe Welsh’s death, was judged mentally ill but not meeting the criteria ...

“Senate Bill 962 … outlines treatment that is aimed towards helping individuals regain control of their lives,” Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, said during a press conference Wednesday. “Substance use ...

Allegheny County in Pennsylvania will begin using a controversial legal tool for involuntary mental health care in the community, beginning Jan. 1.

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 ...