After a long and winding nine-year process, the Charter challenge of the B.C. Mental Health Act wrapped up case presentations ...

One of the key reforms that CCD has long advocated for is the right for people to name a family member or friend to be ...

In a landmark move that will affect thousands of people and millions in taxpayer dollars, the Legislature passed a bill ...

The Adams administration on Wednesday, however, said the policy was working as intended. “One year later, we are proud to stand here and say early results show our plan is working,” Adams said ...

Nearly 150 new Florida laws went into effect on July 1 after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed 11 more the day before. Here is what ...

When an incapacitated or mentally failing grandparent or a violent kid needs care and management, we don’t leave them to hurt ...

The two budget bills signed by Gov. Kelly Ayotte Friday are sprawling — House Bill 2, the policy bills, has 162 pages of new ...

A Cambridge police co-response program created to avert arrest of people in a mental health crisis achieved that goal in 63 of 210 emergency calls over nine months since last summer, and five calls ...

After several attempts over many years, the Legislature appears poised to pass a bill that would change the laws governing how Oregonians can be committed to involuntary mental health treatment. House ...

Over-representation of involuntary psychiatric hospitalisation in certain groups might begin in childhood, potentially establishing a cycle of inequality that continues into adulthood. Further ...

OTTAWA — Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel says there ... use and drug policy at Simon Fraser University’s school of public policy, said that’s one of the reasons involuntary treatment is ...