President Donald Trump has said he would be open to bringing back "insane asylums" to imprison people with "serious mental illness". In an interview with the Daily Caller published on Monday, the ...

At a recent rally, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy stood on an Ohio gubernatorial platform that includes reopening mental institutions. Ramaswamy has said as much before, arguing as he campaigned for ...

Mental health has been widely misunderstood throughout history, often seen as a stigma rather than a condition that needs to be treated.

How does Donald Trump want to solve the epidemic of gun violence? By building more mental health institutions. The president reiterated his suggestion on Thursday ahead of his first campaign rally ...

RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — A Fourth Circuit panel heard from a West Virginia man Thursday who argues a law preventing those who have been involuntarily committed to a mental institution from owning a gun ...

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As a legislative committee grapples with how to keep people with severe mental illness out of jails and hospitals, advocates say some pieces are there, but an effective community-based system eludes ...

For decades, the health care system has operated under the cruel irony that the people dedicated to healing others were being punished for seeking healing themselves. Doctors, nurses, and health care ...

Assault weapons and hand guns seen for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply on Jan. 16, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File) RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — A Fourth Circuit panel delved into the ...

Melissa Keele poses for a portrait on April 7, at her home in Grand Junction, Colo. Melissa's son, Jaden Keele, 23, not pictured, has been dealing with severe mental illness for years. In 2023, he hit ...