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The state awarded USF $5 million in recurring funds to create the Florida Center for Behavioral Health Workforce. Millions of Floridians live in an area where mental health professionals are sparse.
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The Do More, Feel Better program trains seniors to help other older adults plan activities, which can boost mental health.
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School districts and charter schools can now craft policies allowing chaplains to provide “support, services, and programs” as long as certain requirements are met.
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Tech expert Jason Frankovitz and lawyer Timothy Shields speaks with WFSU News to understand how and whether Florida can enforce its law.
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Florida is already preparing to defend its new social media ban for kids under 14. The law targets features like infinite scrolling and likes, which House Speaker Paul Renner believes feed addictive behaviors
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The initiative was a priority of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, who touted plans to help grow Florida’s health care workforce, increase access and incentivize innovation.
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Depression and anxiety are leading causes of mental illness for teenagers. Youth MOVE, a group of Sarasota teens and young adults, is helping others cope with these issues.
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Operation Warrior Resolution is seeing success treating post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health issues with a holistic method called brain-based healing.
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The state’s process for involuntary psychiatric evaluations is getting a major overhaul under legislation that’s cleared the Legislature this year, with advocates saying its long overdue.
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The bill would designates four behavioral health teaching hospitals linked to universities and provides them $100 million a year over the next three years.