New York City Mayor Eric Adams wants the Legislature to pass the Restoring Mental Health Act before it skips town next month. Andrew Schwartz / SplashNews.com Mayor Adams, pushing to address the ...

The Community Mental Health Act was signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on Oct 31, 1963, 23 days before he was assassinated.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida will have new guidelines for emergency mental health services starting next week. Commonly referred to as the Baker Act, it focuses on crisis services for people ...

Healthcare compliance is rarely an employer's favorite topic of conversation — but it's a conversation they won't be able to avoid over the next few years. The Biden administration finalized a rule ...

You may soon be greeted by a pop-up warning you of the potential mental health risks associated with your social media app of choice if the new Stop the Scroll Act gets passed into law.

A bill aimed at increasing mental health awareness in jails is a step closer to becoming law in Florida. Named the “Tristin Murphy Act” after a Charlotte County man who died by suicide, the ...

The Mental Health and MAMA Act is one of many steps to do so. In the same vein, there’s the Black Maternal Mental Health Momnibus Act of 2023 that aims to bolster maternal health outcomes.

New York was the first state in the nation to adopt the Youth ACT program, which is designed to help young people ages 10 to 21 experiencing a mental health crisis stay out of hospitals. Youth ACT ...

Key points Act 382 would make it easier to detain a person with severe mental illness, requiring many of them to be psychiatrically assessed. Before, people could not be detained against their ...

Patrick, a retired Senior Chief in the U.S. Navy, believes that while the stigmas surrounding mental health are lessening in the civilian world, the same cannot be said for military life.

Guest Essay We Know Mental Health Affects Physical Health. Why Don’t We Act Like It? Sept. 1, 2024 Mia Oberländer Share full article ...