mental health

Psychiatric patients have longer ER stays than patients with physical problems, research shows, and have trouble finding inpatient care and follow-up treatment. Kids can be among the hardest hit.

The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, Inc. found Florida ranks 49th in the country on per-capita spending on access to...

On a hot summer day last month in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Sydney, 15, and Laney, 8, were enjoying their last two weeks of freedom before school…

Orange County officials held a panel Wednesday looking at the media’s role in covering mental health issues.While many of the topics discussed are…

Mental health is a growing concern for the Florida House candidates at the largely-rural district eight, which is home to Florida State Hospital in...

This month two black men, Philando Castile and Alton Sterling were shot and killed by police officers in Minnesota and Louisiana. The trauma of those...

Miami activists have been calling for the state attorney to bring charges against two prison guards accused of torturing and killing Darren Rainey four…

More than half of prisoners released from prison are rearrested within a year. Cognitive therapy can help prisoners change the thinking that gets them in trouble, like "I'll never back down."

The Florida Supreme Court said Friday it will take up a case stemming from the death of a woman who was killed on Interstate 75 after escaping from a…

People with schizophrenia say it helps them cope when they see others talking about the experience online. Their friends and family members say it gives them insight into that hidden world.