In the year since President Trump signed an executive order aimed at moving homeless people off the streets, states have ...

Amid the rising toll of opioid overdoses and deaths in the U.S., several states are considering laws enabling civil commitment for involuntary treatment of patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) ...

A stark, tree-lined roadway leads to the secluded Central New York Psychiatric Center in Marcy, a rust belt town where hundreds of mentally ill sex offenders are locked up without much chance of ...

An opioid addiction epidemic is killing more than 90 Americans each day. In Massachusetts, civil commitment has been used extensively to address this epidemic. Utah has passed a commitment law for ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Nine men who were convicted of sex crimes, served their prison sentences and are now indefinitely confined to an Iowa mental health unit have filed a federal lawsuit against ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration is winding back the clock to a time when freedom was bound by chains of fear. The president signed an ...

May 17, 2021 - Amid the rising toll of opioid overdoses and deaths in the U.S., several states are considering laws enabling civil commitment for involuntary treatment of patients with substance use ...

The Trump administration is winding back the clock to a time when freedom was bound by chains of fear. The president signed an executive order that encourages states and municipalities to round up ...