New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to expand involuntary mental health commitments, a decision she said was driven by the recent subway attacks.

NPR's health reporters followed the emerging science on what keeps our brains and our minds healthy. Here are highlights of ...

Carter’s death is a moment to reassess his legacy, also an opportunity to reflect on how the media and the political world treated him so unfairly.

There’s a phrase in Haitian Creole that describes feelings of extreme stress, anxiety, or depression that are all too common among the thousands of new migrants arriving in Massachusetts: tet chaje.

Recently, in response to an Australian National University report on the unmet needs in mental health care, housing and social services in Australia, Health Minister Mark Butler said that "the ...

More than 700,000 days of nursing and midwifery staff time have been lost due to mental ill health ... provide the highest quality care for their patients. “The Health Secretary is making ...

Indeed, while concern for mental health and self-care are increasingly prevalent across US society, our conversation with this player and the 25 others we spoke to for our new book, The End of College ...

Last year, a judge studying an inmate’s suicide concluded mental health care at the facility was “completely inadequate.” ...

Feeling Appreciated by Partner is Critical for Caregiver's Mental ... quality and health, we can create better support systems for caregivers, ensuring they are not only providing care but also ...

That means that moms don’t have to go out of their way to find a psychiatrist, and health care providers who don’t have extensive training in psychiatry can still help these women. “Basically, we’re ...

We received the keys to the new mental health and addiction centre, and that’s on track for a spring opening,” said Stone. Stone added they are developing two new urgent care centres, one at the old ...

LOS ANGELES—Noah Hudnut’s family had already spent $150,000 on his psychiatric care when he was hauled in handcuffs by police to the emergency room of UCLA medical center. On top of the ...