The U.N. considers solitary confinement torture. Yet it remains widespread in U.S. prisons and jails, where 122,000 people ...

Report finds racial disparities in New York law allowing involuntary treatment for mental health. Solitary confinement survivors seek change.

When someone is forced into treatment, it strips them of their autonomy, say critics of Kendra's Law in New York.

The agency tasked with leading the fight against mental illness and addiction is going through an existential crisis.

Plus: Medicaid recipients who could not complete the renewal process report more mental health problems than those who did. A new children’s book follows a Pakistani American middle schooler coping ...

A small federal agency that plays a big role in trying to address America's mental health crisis is in trouble.

Last fall MindSite News published a great story from Harvard Public Health Magazine about an organization called The Sad Dads Club, a small group for fathers who had lost children. Now News Center ...

Immigrant women not charged with any crimes other thanlacking documents say they are being held in a "hell on earth." ...

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