AUSTIN, Texas — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that more than 50% of Americans will be diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder in their lifetime. Now, imagine not being able ...

State Sen. Nathan Manning (R-North Ridgeville) and state Sen. Thomas Patton (R-Strongsville) recently gave sponsor testimony on Senate Bill 295, legislation that would extend the timeline for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 30—Every year, hundreds of people across New York who have been accused of crimes are sent to state-run mental hospitals to ...

CLEVELAND — The deadline to restore competency has been extended in the case of De'Lawnte Hardy, the man accused of killing his own grandmother and Cleveland police officer Jamieson Ritter. Court ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – For years, Texas’ state hospital system has operated at capacity, causing hundreds of mentally ill county jail inmates to wait months for a bed and treatment. The state’s $1 billion ...

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, District Court and mental health providers are launching a new local process for evaluating defendants’ mental competency and offering outpatient treatment for ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — People charged with crimes who have been deemed mentally incompetent sometimes wait months in jail for restoration services at the state hospital. The 1st Judicial District, ...

Torrance State Hospital is one of only two hospitals in Pennsylvania that provide "competency restoration," treatment for people who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial. Pennsylvania’s ...

There has scarcely been a better time in our great state’s history to be an advocate for improved mental health services. While Florida ranks abysmally at or near the bottom in community mental health ...

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