Senators passed a bill expanding involuntary hospitalization criteria for people with substance use disorders. The bill is called the Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act, named for a Kanawha ...

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 ...

Research has found that involuntary hospitalization for substance abuse treatment is not effective and has the potential to harm, raising ethical questions about the use of coercion by the ...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed allowing police to take into custody people suspected of being mentally ill without requiring evidence of "imminent risk or recent overt acts" in response to ...

What happens when the places meant to heal the mind and body become tools for control? That is the question that recent news reports have investigated – particularly, how patients may have been ...

Half said they would expand the practice, but all agreed commitments are not the sole solution. Michael Blake: Yes, as we implement the law already passed, to help those with serious mental health ...

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 ...

Allegheny County will use a controversial legal tool for involuntary mental health care in the community starting Jan. 1, according to a letter county officials sent Tuesday to the state’s Office of ...

Content warning: This story includes descriptions of suicidal thoughts and behavior. When care is compulsoryAllegheny County’s 302s, the push for AOT and the debate over involuntary treatment Shyheim ...

State Sen. Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan, speaks during a news conference last week in Albany. In the wake of the state budget’s recent passage, Gov. Kathy Hochul has been trumpeting the state’s changes to ...