HAGERSTOWN — Labor union leaders opposed to plans they say will privatize the state’s aging hospital system have opened up a new front in their efforts to prevent closures across Maryland.  On Wednesday, the state took a step toward closing ...

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Involuntarily committed mental health patients have the right to counsel when administratively appealing a clinical review panel’s decision that they be forcibly medicated despite not presenting an imminent safety danger to themselves or others, Maryland’s top court has ruled. This ...

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Baltimore County has agreed to pay $6.5 million to the family of a man fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop on an interstate highway two years ago. The agreement settles the family’s federal lawsuit alleging that ...

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WASHINGTON — A year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and health organizations are still trying to determine the extent of its impact on Americans’ mental health, but early data suggests it is significant. Self-reported symptoms of anxiety ...

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LifeStance Health, one of the nation's largest providers of outpatient mental health care, announced Thursday it now offers both virtual and in-person services in Maryland.

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Arundel Lodge has been granted $2 million to operate a mental health and substance use disorder urgent care clinic in Annapolis.

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A voluntary service that offers wellness calls for those struggling with mental health issues is being hailed as an important effort to prevent suicides in Maryland.

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A Baltimore-based provider of audio-video services violated federal law last year by firing a sales administrator after denying her request to work remotely one day per week to accommodate her anxiety and depression, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged ...

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A divided Maryland high court ruled Tuesday that a man found not criminally responsible in the stabbing death of his former Dundalk landlord must head not to a state psychiatric facility but back to a prison in Ohio, where he ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 219th anniversary of the House of Representatives’ breaking in Thomas Jefferson’s favor an Electoral College tie for the presidency between Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Here are some news items to get your week started: — Opioids ...

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