mental health

Attorneys for the suspect in last year's Florida school massacre will ask a judge to let them question his former mental health counselors without…

The 5 recipients of the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship predict how their projects will make the world a better place.

Scientists are learning how the party drug ketamine relieves depression so quickly — and why its effects fade over time.

Nearly a year after its first meeting, the state commission tasked with investigating the Parkland school shooting and making recommendations designed...

The University of Central Florida is using virtual reality to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. It's worked well enough that the Pentagon will fund...

Mental health has been a frequent topic at the Capitol following more tragic news from Parkland. Two students who survived last year's Marjory Stoneman...

Coming after the grim news that two survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre committed suicide this month, Gov. Ron DeSantis and…

The Florida League of Mayors brought municipality heads to the Capitol Wednesday to oppose preemption bills this legislative session. The group of about...

For decades, hospitals have strained to accommodate patients in psychiatric crisis in emergency rooms. The horror stories of failure abound:Patients…

Emergency room staff at AdventHealth in Kissimmee and Orlando will ask patients about feelings of hopelessness or despair as part of routine assessments…