mental illness

Based on the number of people who have applied for a background check to purchase a firearm, Florida is on pace to set a new record for gun sales,…

At his site Our Health Policy Matters, consultant Paul Gionfriddo wonders what happened to the dream President John F. Kennedy had for helping people with…

Miriam Carey, a single mother who was shot to death after running her car into a fence near the White House last week, was at first thought to be a…

At his blog Our Health Policy Matters, health consultant Paul Gionfriddo writes that public officials often use suicide data as a proxy for the…

In his Taking Names column in the Orlando Sentinel, Scott Maxwell discusses how mental health issues affect us all, from the personal to society in…

The Tampa Bay Times obtained a cache of prosecutors’ documents on Joshua and SharynHakken, the parents charged with kidnaping their two young sons from…

Today’s the beginning of the state’s fiscal year, which means a variety of changes in state law and contracts on health-care matters.--Medicaid will no…

The NRA has fought laws that sought to restrict guns in Florida for decades. But now, the NRA is urging the group’s members to email Gov. Rick Scott and…

Two recent child deaths may be linked to mental illness and substance abuse that child protection agencies overlooked.In one case, a 23-year-old South…

Judge Steven Leifman has become a national leader in trying to get law enforcement officers to find help for the mentally ill rather than put them in jail…