If you or a loved one has schizophrenia, you may worry about involuntary hospitalization. That’s when you’re put into a hospital even if you don’t want to go. Here are some key things to know about ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – State lawmakers are considering a bill to make it easier to involuntarily hospitalize people with mental illness – and disability rights advocates are seriously concerned. For ...

Content warning: The following article contains a personal narrative of involuntary hospitalization in a UChicago psychiatric facility, including detainment by campus police, detailed descriptions of ...

Nearly 7,800 New Yorkers were taken to hospitals against their will for psychiatric assessments in 2024, according to a new report from the Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health. These trips were ...

Currently, several states including New York and California are considering legislation that would greatly expand involuntary hospitalization. Perhaps no topic has been more divisive among mental ...

Mayor Eric Adams unveiled an 11-point plan on Tuesday to connect New Yorkers with severe, untreated mental illnesses to emergency and long-term care, honing in on cases when people have refused ...

Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a plan Tuesday to connect New Yorkers who have severe, untreated mental illness to emergency and long-term care, focusing on cases in which people have refused voluntary ...

International (CCHR), the world’s longest-running mental-health watchdog, says 2025 marked a turning point: global ...

New York City leaders are divided over involuntary hospitalizations of people who show signs of severe mental illness, as lawmakers in Albany debate whether to expand officials’ power to remove them ...

State Senators Dan Laughlin and Anthony Williams introduced a bill in October that they said would help people with substance use disorders “regain control of their lives.” But overdose prevention ...

New York Mayor Eric Adams announced an immediate expansion of an involuntary hospitalization policy. (Justine Goode for The Nation) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree ...