After losing her daughter to suicide, a mother is doing what she can to use this year’s legislative session to create change.

Two thirds of nurses experiencing mental health issues are not receiving treatment. Some states are pushing for legislation ...

Therapists and union reps accuse the HMO giant of saddling workers with excessive caseloads while forcing patients to wait ...

Caroline Ouko, the mother of Irvo Otieno is putting her support behind a piece of legislation that she says could have helped saved him from being sent to jail and his eventual death.

Diane Watts was Jamie’s community mental health worker and had known him for a long time. She told the inquest she had ...

United States Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) reintroduced the Supporting and Treating Officers ...

A new year means new laws that have gone into effect here in Illinois. Governor J.B. Pritzker said that "For thousands of Illinoisans, the reforms in this bill will mean the difference between ...

Too many people can't afford the high out-of-pocket costs for mental health care. A proposal in the Legislature aims to fix that by getting mental health care professionals reimbursed adequately, two ...