A little-known state law is getting new attention as families and advocates for people with serious mental illness look for ...

To outsiders, the then-called South Carolina Lunatic Asylum in the 1800s was an idyllic, tranquil place to live, with garden ...

Ruairi Stewart was found at his flat within Weaver Lodge Independent Hospital, on Station Road Bypass in Winsford at 7.45am on Thursday, July ...

The Little Rock man accused of killing a mother of three at Park Plaza mall is due in court Friday for a sanity hearing where ...

Syracuse, N.Y. ― A 22-year-old Cornell student charged with having a rifle and ammunition on Syracuse University’s campus was ...

Bethlem Hospital, often called “Bedlam,” became one of the most infamous institutions in London. In earlier centuries, ...

As a mental health chaplain in New York, I help people leave homelessness. But mental illness, bureaucracy and a fragile system often pull them back ...

Uncover the dark history of ‘hysteria,' a once-common diagnosis that misunderstood women and shaped medical science for centuries.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A man accused of shooting a Volusia County deputy twice had a lengthy history of encounters with Central Florida law enforcement officers. 31-year-old Luis Diaz Polanco is now ...

Molly-Star Kirk, described as 'lively' and 'cheerful' by her family, died at the age of 20 ...

As U.S. policies increasingly promote involuntary psychiatric commitment for homeless populations following a July 2025 ...

The San Diego Sheriff’s Office Saturday released the name of a 34-year-old man who died last week after apparently attempting ...