RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina lawmakers advanced a revised involuntary commitment reform bill Tuesday aimed at ...

In her advocacy for court-ordered outpatient commitment — also known as involuntary outpatient commitment — Dr. Jhilam Biswas ignores the heavy long-term psychic cost of forcing treatment on those she ...

As New Yorkers, we all want a public mental health system that is effective, just, and compassionate. Yet Gov. Hochul’s proposal to expand Kendra’s Law — a statute that mandates involuntary outpatient ...

In this paper we explore racial disparities in outpatient civil commitment, using data from Kendra’s Law in New York State. Overall, African Americans are more likely than whites to be involuntarily ...

State Sen. Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan, speaks during a news conference last week in Albany. In the wake of the state budget’s recent passage, Gov. Kathy Hochul has been trumpeting the state’s changes to ...

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 ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul gives a COVID-19 briefing in New York Jan. 11, 2022. WBFO's Disability Reporter Emyle Watkins analyzes a portion of Governor Kathy Hochul's State of the State speech that caught many ...

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 ...