MANCHESTER, N.H. — A background check is performed when anyone goes to buy a firearm from a retailer in New Hampshire, but it remains unclear how much – if any – mental health information is ...

The issue of mental health information being used in background checks is complicated, and at the root of the legal questions is a statute from 2016 that has been interpreted differently by ...

Lawsuit challenges gun restriction on some mental health patients The plaintiff initially checked herself into a hospital for panic attacks By Roger Hannigan Gilson, Staff Writer March 4, 2025 ...

David Strang, an emergency physician with 35 years of experience, believes the bill poses a serious risk due to the mental health information that would be shared with the federal government ...

Exclusive: Why juvenile mental records are left out of Tennessee's gun background checks Tennessee requires court clerks to report involuntary mental health hospitalizations and other records to ...

Rep. Sally Cluchey, D-Bowdoinham, said in an email that she appreciates parts of Mills’ legislation, especially expanded background checks and improved mental health services, but has concerns ...

NH Republicans temporarily block bill adding mental health records to gun background check system New Hampshire Public Radio | By Todd Bookman Published May 17, 2024 at 9:52 AM EDT NHPR file photo ...

The first, published in 1999 by President Bill Clinton’s surgeon general Dr. David Satcher, called for a better medical system that would treat both physical and mental health, and end the ...

Crime rates and the risk of crime victimization generally increase during the summer, according to The Department of Justice, and exposure to violence can take a toll on mental health. For example ...