Ryan Camacho, accused of killing a Raleigh teacher, had previously faced a misdemeanor, but it was dismissed after a mental ...

House Select Committee on Involuntary Commitment and Public Safety meeting on Wednesday focused on the mental health system ...

A state House committee on involuntary commitment of people with mental illnesses began after Iryna Zarutska was killed last ...

North Carolina lawmakers are considering changes to involuntary commitment laws and exploring ways to provide more ...

Charlotte, Raleigh killings expose gaps that keep the severely mentally ill from involuntary commitment | Opinion ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed changing the legal criteria for involuntary commitment on January 3. By so doing, she hopes to address concerns about public safety in the subway.

The governor’s ongoing push to increase involuntary commitments of people with untreated severe mental illness continues to gain steam in Albany. The union representing New York nurse practitioners is ...

Included in an agreement Monday night to resolve the state’s late budget includes a change in state law to allow hospitals to involuntarily commit mentally ill New Yorkers to their care if patients ...