Evelyn Graham-Nyaasi knows what it’s like to be involuntarily committed for mental health treatment. The Manhattan resident, who has bipolar disorder, recalled that in 2018, someone in her home ...
A Nikiski man accused of murdering his mother in 2022 can be involuntarily medicated so that he can stand trial, the Alaska Court of Appeals ruled Friday. Alaska State Troopers arrested then ...
COMMISSIONER SAYS THE SHOOTING APPEARS TO BE GANG- RELATED. MORE LEGAL TROUBLE FOR A FORMER ROGERS DOCTOR, ALREADY FACING CHARGES OF MEDICAID FRAUD. NEWLY-FILED COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW DR. BRIAN HYATT ...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced a plan on Tuesday to involuntarily remove homeless people with mental illnesses from the streets and subways and force them to receive a psychiatric evaluation ...
New York Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday directed first responders to enforce a state law that allows them to potentially involuntarily commit people experiencing a mental health crisis, as part of an ...
A New York City directive allowing first responders to enforce a state law that allows them to potentially involuntarily commit people experiencing a mental health crisis can proceed after facing ...
"The court provided guidance that where a person has had an initial clinical evaluation for competency at court, the commonwealth has the burden to prove by clear and convincing evidence that ...
Florida had 5,077 incidents of students being involuntarily committed under a mental-health law known as the Baker Act during the past school year, data presented Wednesday to a school-safety ...