The bench card is the result of collaboration with legal and behavioral health experts. It serves as a practical guide for addressing competency issues in both misdemeanor and felony cases, offering ...

Jun. 30—Every year, hundreds of people across New York who have been accused of crimes are sent to state-run mental hospitals to be treated for severe disabilities or mental illnesses that prevent ...

Torrance State Hospital is one of only two hospitals in Pennsylvania that provide ‘competency restoration,’ treatment for people who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial. Spotlight PA is an ...

Work crews are already on site at the Montgomery County Mental Health Treatment Facility in Conroe, where a 100-bed addition ...

It's a situation Pamela Hawkins said she hopes other parents of a child with mental health issues won't have to endure.

ST. LOUIS — As a young girl growing up in Missouri, Megan Jolly loved to read, dance and dress up. For her 20th birthday, she and her mother wore formal gowns to dinner on a cruise ship to Cozumel, ...

Feb. 28—Shellie Whitmore has yet to be in a courtroom with the man accused of stabbing her father to death on a walking path in Manchester more than two years ago. The next chance to change that ...