Alabama Department of Mental Health marks National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week by spotlighting statewide prevention programs and resources to reduce substance misuse.

Legal frameworks that only regulate formal psychiatric facilities are written for a system the majority will not use.

Fernando Clark spent the last 10 months of his life in a jail cell, waiting for psychiatric treatment a court ordered he undergo after he was arrested for stealing cigarettes and some fruit from a gas ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WTVY) - The Alabama Senate passed a bill last week that advocates say creates a conflict of interest in oversight of autism therapy. Senate Bill 113 would push the board that ...

With three different communities across North Carolina staggered by murders allegedly perpetrated by people suffering from mental illness, Gov. Josh Stein is seeking to use the power of state ...

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Like millions of Americans, many Alabamians have been affected by opioid use disorder. From 2006 to 2014, fatal drug overdoses (including, but not limited to, opioids) in Alabama grew 82%. By 2016, ...

Baltimore Police are showing progress on a goal to address mental health crises, with more than a quarter of the department’s patrol officers now certified in crisis intervention. No officers with ...

(Editor's note: This post was updated from an earlier version). Growing concern over mental health is drawing increased attention within the American Church. This past week, Bishop Michael Burbidge ...