Condemned as evil, mental hospitals closed, leading to fragmented system. Dec. 20, 2012— -- It took filmmaker Lucy Winer several decades to come to terms with having been locked up in a ...

Pushing people into locked institutions and forcing treatment won’t solve homelessness,” said an ACLU attorney.

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Some said the long-abandoned institution was not only an eyesore, but a public health hazard. Andrew Ramos reports. 13-year-old honored by Trump ran into Elon Musk at the White House and made a ...

In Montana, counties are jailing mental health patients they're not equipped to handle when the Montana State Hospital is at capacity. Few local hospitals have their own inpatient psychiatric beds.

Louisiana has shuttered most of its state-run mental institutions. The patchwork system that emerged leaves glaring gaps, experts say, exacerbating problems with crime and homelessness.