National Alliance on Mental Illness

Legislation that would allow the state psychiatric hospital to deny court-ordered commitments is on hold. State health officials and advocates disagree about whether more patients can be served in the community.

Montana Democrats are proposing an immediate infusion of $20 million into the state’s behavioral health system, saying it's on the brink of collapse.

A bipartisan U.S. Senate agreement negotiated after high-profile mass shootings in Texas, New York, and Oklahoma lacks gun access restrictions that advocates say are needed to prevent such attacks. But the deal’s focus on mental health has raised hopes — and doubts — that it will help reduce gun suicides, particularly in rural Western states with wide-open gun laws.

The Senate veterans' affairs committee got an early progress report this week on a newly established program. Created by a new law, the program aims to…

First-time drug offenders in Montana are currently not given the option to enter residential treatment facilities in the state. House Bill 278 would give…

Backers of a ballot initiative that they say is all about brain research argue that it would fund critically needed scientific inquiry into conditions…

U.S. Senator Jon Tester and Veteran’s Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald are on a two-day tour of the state, visiting VA facilities in Helena, Missoula,…