Nearly 7,800 New Yorkers were taken to hospitals against their will for psychiatric assessments in 2024, according to a new report from the Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health. These trips were ...

In March or 2007, after subsisting for five years with untreated schizophrenia, which manifested as severe psychosis, delusions, homelessness, and incarceration, I was taken to a psychiatric hospital ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is reiterating her efforts to make it easier to involuntarily commit and treat people with severe mental illness in the wake of a spate of violence in the subway. In a statement ...

Half said they would expand the practice, but all agreed commitments are not the sole solution. Michael Blake: Yes, as we implement the law already passed, to help those with serious mental health ...

Mayor Adams, who has said that Monday’s fatal stabbing spree was a failure of government, said Tuesday he wants to expand involuntary hospitalization policies to make it easier for cops and outreach ...

In its 2026 state budget, New York is putting a concerted effort behind addressing severe mental illness by expanding its involuntary hospitalization law and increasing the number of psychiatric beds.

New York is in the midst of both a mental health crisis and homelessness crisis, which is playing out in a very public fashion — on the streets, subways, and other public spaces. But when it comes to ...

Few of those taken to a hospital involuntarily under New York City Mayor Eric Adams' policy aimed at helping people in the grips of a mental health crisis have access to long-term care, according to a ...

Content warning: This story includes descriptions of suicidal thoughts and behavior. When care is compulsoryAllegheny County’s 302s, the push for AOT and the debate over involuntary treatment Shyheim ...