Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz testified at her long-awaited confirmation hearing on her nomination to be the first assistant secretary for mental health and substance use.

An ORPA report found that there are fewer state psychiatric beds per capita in the United States than at any time since before the 1850s. Since the study, that number continues to decline.

The answer to “how many people with mental illness are incarcerated in the United States” is growing clearer.

Tune in and watch the nomination hearing of Dr. McCance-Katz, live from Washington, DC, on August 1.

The most recent and final US Senate bill proposed this legislative session to repeal the Affordable Care Act died on the Senate floor early this morning, in a vote of 49-51.

Young adults experiencing a first episode of psychosis are 24 times more likely to die within the 12 months following diagnosis than peers their age without psychotic conditions.

Dr. E. Fuller Torrey is an outspoken advocate for mental health reform and continues to be honored through the Treatment Advocacy Center's Torrey Action Fund.

If assisted outpatient treatment is ever adopted in Massachusetts, the revolving door could be slowed.

A new study finding that minority group members with serious mental illness are twice as likely to develop diabetes than whites adds to the literature of disparities that racial-ethnic minority populations with mental illness experience.

Policymakers, advocates and health officials talked about mental health policy under the landmark 21st Century Cures Act and what the future holds for those with mental illness.