One evening in late March, a mom north of Boston calls 911. Her daughter, she says, is threatening to kill herself. EMTs arrive, help calm the 13-year-old down and take her to an emergency room. Like ...

It’s called “boarding,” and it paints a troubling picture — not enough ER staff to handle a wave of behavioral health patients streaming through the front door. In some cases, patients stay in the ER ...

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — At her mother’s home in Illinois, Tracy Balhan flips through photos of her dad, Bill Speer. In one picture, he’s smiling in front of a bucket of sweating beers and wearing a blue T ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Psychiatric patients being held involuntarily in emergency rooms must be given a chance to contest their detention within three days of their arrival, the state Supreme Court ...