mental illness

Gov. Rick Scott’s decision to leave mental-health spending where it stands after $24 million in cuts last year troubles advocates for patients, the…

After he fired six shots in his home -- aiming at rats, he said --76-year-old Thomas Judd of Tampa was “Baker Acted,” taken to a crisis center for an…

In the wake of the Newtown elementary school shooting, Florida lawmakers are looking at ways to better treat the mentally ill, according to the Palm Beach…

Health consultant Paul Gionfriddo writes that neglect and lack of care is what brings together violence and mental illness.

One of the first things the nation learned about the odd young man who allegedly shot 20 first-graders, seven adults and himself last Friday is that he…

It's still early days since the massacre of 20 children and seven adults at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newton, CT. President Barack Obama spoke of…