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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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