Days after Kelley Wolf shared a video of herself being detained, she said she was placed under an “involuntary” psychiatric hold in a facility that "looked more like a prison than a hospital.” ...

Senate Bill 43 expands who can be placed on involuntary psychiatric holds, but some families are still waiting to see its effects.

“An expansion of the existing law for criteria for which someone can be held for a psychiatric hold; like some people call it a 5150,” Dr. Nicole Esposito of San Diego County said.

At their Granite State Debate, New Hampshire gubernatorial candidates Kelly Ayotte and Joyce Craig discuss how they would end the practice of extended mental health holds in emergency rooms in the ...

In-patient psychiatric facilities across the country are holding patients involuntarily, now aided by a new Biden administration rule requiring insurers to cover the treatment equally with other ...

“Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum Kim Richards was put on a recent psychiatric hold, following the first of two run-ins with police this month amid her ongoing sobriety battle.

Santa Barbara County’s crisis-stabilization unit has reopened, and is designated as a locked mental health facility, so it can accept clients on “5150” mental health holds. The hope is to ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — The county Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted 3-2 to delay for one-year enactment of a state law that expands mental health holds, based in part on concerns over ...

A new law that significantly expands the rules for involuntary mental health holds takes effect Jan. 1, but San Diego County will consider delaying the change for one year, though it appears that i… ...

The closing of state-run psychiatric hospitals has filled county jails with people who should not be there, according to several Tennessee sheriffs. Coffee County Sheriff Chad Partin and Franklin ...