Cities and Severe Mental Illness: The Challenge in New York City and Los Angeles

  Event Summary AEI Senior Fellow Sally Satel engaged a panel of experts in a wide-ranging and in-depth conversation on the intersection of homelessness and severe mental illness in New York City and...

The Sunday Read: ‘The Moral Crisis of America’s Doctors’ (Published 2023)

The corporatization of health care has changed the practice of medicine, causing many physicians to feel alienated from their work.

The mental health system that failed my son is fixable - The Seattle Times

He Was Handcuffed and Hospitalized. Now He’s on Track for Housing. (Published 2023)

A contentious New York City policy to send more mentally ill homeless people to hospitals has helped some move into permanent homes.

How Philanthropy Can Support Solutions to America's Complex Mental Health Crisis

The generosity of donors and the ingenuity of nonprofits have the capacity to solve our nation’s mental health crisis. Meet some of the philanthropists and problem-solvers confronting this challenge...

Lawmakers look to modernize involuntary treatment, mental health law

SB 43 would broaden the definition of "gravely disabled"

Top-to-bottom changes to mental health system needed, says expert

May is Mental Health Awareness month, and emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, Norm Ornstein, joins Morning Joe to discuss necessary reforms to the mental health system.

Column: A half-century after failing to reform mental health care, California tries again

There’s a bipartisan attempt in the California Legislature to finally finish the mental health reform that Gov. Ronald Reagan and lawmakers began 56 years ago.

Letters to the Editor: I'm a street doctor tired of watching people die. Expand involuntary...

'I support increasing care in the least restrictive environment possible, but some people need involuntary care to save their life,' says Dr. Susan Partovi.

'An Important Step': State Senate Advances Legislation to Reform Conservatorship Laws

Mayor Todd Gloria testified before the state Senate’s Judiciary Committee Tuesday on behalf of California Big City Mayors in support of Senate Bill 43 to reform outdated conservatorship laws.