Briana Fair, a mental health clinician with the San Mateo Police Department, received a dozen voicemails from the same distressed caller over a single weekend this month.

A steep rise in criminally charged people with severe mental illnesses has all but halted patients’ ability to get care in ...

Efforts are underway to improve mental health care in Minnesota's jails, with counties and advocacy groups exploring new ...

State psychiatric hospitals nationwide have largely lost the ability to treat patients before their mental health deteriorates and they are charged with crimes. Driving the problem is a meteoric rise ...

The share of people with severe mental illness in state psychiatric hospitals accused of serious crimes has risen steeply. The shift has all but halted the possibility of care before a catastrophic ...

A steep rise in criminally charged people with severe mental illnesses has all but halted patients’ ability to get care in ...

A regional jail diversion program was eliminated as part of a broader effort to centralize and standardize mental health care across the state.

BOOM. Ronda Deplazes had just gotten out of the shower and placed curlers in her long blond hair when she heard something slam against her front door.

Is CARE Court working? People who have interacted with Gov. Newsom's signature mental health program share their experiences.

The state funds from the "Breaking the Cycle" grant will be used to help inmates build healthy relationships, authorities say.

Cape Girardeau’s mental health board boosts jail and prevention funding, denies city police request as it divides $1.6M among counseling, shelter and treatment organizations.

Former Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner was granted a mental health diversion program in lieu of potential prison time Friday in a high-profile case where the once-prominent local politician stand ...