Legislation introduced February 2 that would make it easier to commit someone to involuntary mental health treatment.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is reiterating her efforts to make it easier to involuntarily commit and treat people with severe mental illness in the wake of a spate of violence in the subway. In a statement ...

— This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Thousands of New Yorkers around the state are sitting on waitlists for two ...

The United States is increasingly isolated in its continued reliance on forced psychiatric commitment and treatment, as ...

A single hospitalization can upend a patient’s life, escalate psychological and financial stress and in many cases, create a vicious cycle of rehospitalization. It is maybe fairer to say that ...

Many U.S. states have laws allowing for “civil commitment" (involuntary commitment) and treatment of individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs). These laws, like those psychiatrists use to treat ...