Credit: Getty Images. The patient had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and suffered from auditory and visual hallucinations, delusions, and extreme paranoia. In this month’s case, a state appeals ...

Other states, such as Texas and California, require informed consent from responsible adults for mental health prescriptions. Four of the five immigrant plaintiffs in last month’s class action lawsuit ...

BOSTON — Nursing homes and long-term care facilities in Massachusetts would be required to receive informed written consent from a patient’s family, guardian or health-care proxy if doctors prescribe ...

A judge ruled that the government must get consent before giving them to migrant kids A federal judge on Monday ruled that the government must obtain parental or guardian consent before administering ...

Under a bill being considered by the New Jersey legislature, physicians who want to treat minors with psychotropic medications carrying FDA "black box" warnings must first obtain informed consent from ...

Update, July 31, 2018 Yesterday, a federal district court judge in Los Angeles ruled that the government must obtain written consent or a court order before administering any psychotropic drugs to ...