mental health

Several recent, high-profile Florida murder cases have brought to light the need for increased mental health services.Jessica Lacy McCarty, 33, was…

The names of 1,100 severely mentally ill people, banned by law from buying guns, were not forwarded to state and federal agencies for nearly two years,…

The Florida Senate is working on bills that would increase the amount of federal Medicaid money used to fund mental health and substance abuse problems,…

Could Florida do a better job at helping veterans who have mental health issues? Some experts seem think so, like Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Steve...

A group of Florida lawmakers is looking into the mental health issues of inmates in the state’s criminal justice system, and some legislation could be...

The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration on Tuesday approved a 48-bed expansion for an Central Florida hospital.Central Florida Behavioral…

Florida ranks at or near the bottom when it comes to per capita funding for mental health services in the U.S. This week on Florida Matters, we'll take...

George Dawson has the rough hands of a carpenter and a grizzly grey beard. He’s on his hands and knees pulling weeds out of a red mulch flower bed at the…

A South Carolina mother who drove her three children into the ocean off Daytona Beach will learn her fate during a court hearing on her mental…

Abuse. Drugs. Mental health issues. It’s tough enough for anyone to talk about those problems. It can be even harder for teens facing them for the first...