mental illness

A man who killed his wife before turning the gun on himself may have been driven by paranoia after he stopped taking his medication for mental illness,…

Concerns about privacy are behind an amendment that drastically weakened a ban on texting while driving -- which passed Wednesday in the House -- and…

Lawmakers in the Florida Senate passed a handful of health related bills Tuesday morning, including: A measure that would make it more difficult for…

Dianne May Evers suffered from hallucinations and delusions from the time she was 7. On New Year’s Day in 1980, the mental illness led then 23-year-old…

The U.S. Department of Justice has ended its investigation of civil-rights violations in Miami-Dade County jails amid a commitment from the county to…

Health policy consultant Paul Gionfriddo of Lake Worth, who posts a column each Wednesday at "Our Health Policy Matters," writes that parents'…

An editorial by the Palm Beach Post says the Florida Legislature should act now to revise a law that doesn’t do enough to keep guns out of the hands of…

Health consultant Paul Gionfriddo of Lake Worth, whose blog is "Our Health Policy Matters," writes about the many delays that people who have severe…

It’s something those who work for Florida’s court system say is too common: Charles Grant, 53, can’t be forced to take medication for his schizophrenia…

The brother of the woman, who he says was mentally ill, is outraged that the off-duty officers who shot her to death have each been given a Medal of Valor…