Advocates for the homeless say that President Donald Trump's executive order making it easier for governments to remove homeless individuals from the streets and force them into hospitals could lead ...

RAYMOND, Miss. (WLBT) - We now know the identity of the man at the center of an hours-long standoff in Raymond on Tuesday. Authorities attempted to serve him a court order to be committed for mental ...

Nearly 40 years ago, a federal appeals court ruled that Alabama officials could not jail people in mental health crisis who were sent to the state for help. Jailing people going through the state’s ...

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A new report by Disability Rights North Carolina found that a legal tool used to hold patients against their will for psychiatric treatment is frequently misused — violating patients’ rights and ...

In early September, video of the light rail stabbing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska shocked the nation and led to many from all sides of the aisle to demand answers on how an unprovoked, horrific ...

North Carolina lawmakers are now taking a closer look at how people with mental health issues can be involuntarily committed for treatment in the wake of a new law they passed — in September.