Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Figuring out the laws around mental health challenges can make you feel like a chicken running on a treadmill, as in this ...

Involuntary psychiatric treatment for people with serious mental illness should focus on returning to health instead of reducing danger. I was out with a group of physicians whom I did not know well.

David Young, in the midst of an apparent mental health crisis, forced his way into the home of his neighbor, Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington, with a knife. After he was released from Central ...

Editor’s Note: This is a new one for us at The Bankruptcy Cave. We are starting a series of primers, covering a narrow range of law but with more depth than just “here’s a recent case.” And also, we ...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed -- and misdiagnosed -- behavioral disorder in American children. Now a new study can provide the objective tool medical ...

Last week, the monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed a slight uptick in the unemployment rate, that 315,000 jobs had been added to the economy and that wage growth slowed a ...

“Involuntary manslaughter consists of manslaughter committed in the commission of an unlawful act not amounting to felony, or in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death in an unlawful ...

Involuntary care. It's a legal process that has existed for a long time, but has gotten more attention in British Columbia as the province has looked to expand treatment for those suffering from ...