child mental health

To help educators address symptoms of trauma in classrooms, the Jacksonville Public Education Fund is looking to build out a program with the nonprofit Hope Street.

During the pandemic, many of the youngest Americans have fallen behind socially, academically and emotionally in ways that could harm their physical and mental health for years.

More than 46,000 U.S. children have lost a parent to COVID. Families say finding even basic grief counseling has been difficult and there’s no coordinated effort to help these children access services or benefits.

The practice of housing children who are in psychiatric crisis in local ERs — often for days, while they await appropriate in-patient treatment — has become even more prevalent during the pandemic.

Children’s hospitals — and the young patients they help — are asking Congress to prioritize their growing mental health needs.

Florida lawmakers have tried for years to curb youth Baker Acts. This year, with the passage of parental notification measures, they may have finally moved the needle.

The rise in depression and anxiety among teenagers comes at a significant stage in their development.

We speak with Sarah Miller of the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Sarasota and Manatee counties. Miller works with families to connect them with resources within the mental health system.

"It just is really sad to see what was supposed to be the best years of your life, like, go down the tubes."

The Southern Poverty Law Center is the latest organization to call out the Baker Act’s use on children. The organization's Bacardi Jackson discusses the findings.