Why Mental-Health Background Checks Are Not the Solution to Gun Violence. Nearly half the country experiences some kind of mental illness during their lifetimes.

There is one common thread that binds much of the discussion on guns together, and that’s mental health. Skip to content. NOWCAST News 9 Daybreak. Watch on Demand ...

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 ...

Some startups are focused on making mental-health services more accessible to patients. Uwill zeroed in on ensuring college students can access those treatments. The company announced in May that ...

Statistics show people from ethnically diverse backgrounds make up only 9.6% of qualified clinical psychologists in England and Wales, in contrast to 14% of the population.

Mark Binkley with the state department of mental health believes the system is far from perfect. In the mid 1990s, the FBI created a database called the National Instant Criminal Background Check ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday advocated the return of more mental health institutions to combat gun violence, while also throwing his support behind background checks for gun purchases ...

New Jersey's biggest government watchdog is urging Gov. Phil Murphy's administration to ensure all mental health counselors that treat children undergo criminal background checks after an audit ...

Statistics show people from ethnically diverse backgrounds make up only 9.6% of qualified clinical psychologists in England and Wales, in contrast to 14% of the population.