The bill expands the ability of police to send mentally ill individuals to psychiatric care, with new protocols to ...

That’s according to preliminary results of an ongoing study at the University of Chicago that suggests the programs ...

The Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians stands as a haunting symbol of the systemic violence and neglect inflicted upon Native ...

Opposing interests in the health care world are escalating their fight over an Illinois bill on the 340B drug discount ...

Health care unions continue to rally for legislation to address understaffing they say strains hospitals and threatens both ...

The history of Jacksonville Developmental Center is one rife with mistreatment of some of the most vulnerable members of society. But it's one that historians say still deserves to be told. The state ...

To encourage good work by attendants, the National Mental Health Foundation last ... In 1947, after observing for a week at an Illinois state hospital, where the law forbids restraint, he got ...

The words of those who submitted statements or testified help paint a picture of the extent of the tragedy that shocked the community in and around Highland Park and Lake County ...

Two law enforcement officers who shot and killed a man in Aurora last year have been cleared of wrongdoing. And it appears ...

The Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois fellowship is meant to make Illinois professors look more like the state’s student body. It’s funded by the state and part of Illinois law.

(WICS) — Mental health and firearms violence were at the forefront of discussions during a subject matter hearing held Wednesday at the Illinois Statehouse ... Committee Chairwoman, Democratic state ...

They’ve also questioned why Illinois officials who have vowed to protect transgender rights have been quiet on what’s happening at Lurie Children’s and elsewhere. Northwestern Memorial Hospital in ...