welfare of the mentally ill

By SUSAN HAIGH - Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Yale University is accused in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday of discriminating against…

By CLAIRE RUSH - Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — City Council members in Portland, Oregon, have voted to allocate $27 million…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A civil rights investigation into the treatment of people with mental illnesses by the state of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City and Oklahoma City police was…

By LINDSEY TANNER - AP Medical Writer Mental health advocates say there’s a cruel quirk in abortion bans in several states: There are exemptions for…

By MEAD GRUVER - Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two Wyoming State Hospital patients died while staff at the mental health institution failed to…

By REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press SLIDELL, La. (AP) — The 10 women gathered on yoga mats in a New Orleans suburb, the lights dimmed.“I'd like to…

AP NEW YORK (AP) — The day after 34-year-old singer Aaron Carter was found dead at his home in Southern California, Nick Carter, the Backstreet Boys…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana prison's treatment of its mentally ill prisoners — including inadequate care, incomplete medical records and prolonged stints in solitary…

By CLAIRE RUSH - Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon mayor plans to ban camping on Portland streets and move unhoused…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic legislators pleaded with the General Assembly's Republican majority on Tuesday to consider gun safety and mental health…