Addiction and homelessness are a constant presence in L.A.'s mental health court. Its judge wants defendants to "feel like ...

The San Francisco Department of Public Health will learn next month if it received state funding that would help fulfill a ...

Kaye's path to mental health court: A former legal aid attorney, federal public defender and civil rights attorney who’d f ...

A federal housing complaint over a support animal set off a chain reaction in Napa County, exposing gaps in the mental health ...

Almost half a year into the dispute, eight striking Kaiser mental health workers wrapped up a hunger strike as broken-off ...

Mark Leno, who authored California’s medical parole law when he was a Democratic state senator, criticized prison officials ...

Prisoners who qualify — excluding inmates sentenced to death or life without parole — can be placed in a community health ...

Psychiatrists may at times collaborate with other experts if doing so may help ensure safe and effective patient care. This can include collaboration with mental health profession ...

Senate Bill 43, which took effect earlier this year, expands the definition of “grave disability” in California’s mental health law. It allows individuals with severe substance use disorders ...

The jails of Riverside County are plagued with unusually high murder rates and recurring security failures by an ...