Mental Health

The death penalty trial for the Parkland shooting trial resumed this week after a two-week break, and Nikolas Cruz's lawyers have continued to take jurors through his life chronologically as they seek to prove his difficult childhood contributed to the violence. They hope it will be enough to persuade just one juror to not back the death penalty.

Hurricanes and tropical storms are disruptive to property, education, and jobs when they make landfall. But something we don't often consider is their impact on mental health.

ATLAS provides users with advice on what kind of care may best serve them and enables them to narrow searches based on their personal needs.

Florida needs pediatric psychiatrists. Some counties have no providers at all. Dr. Howard Pratt, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, worries about all the kids who aren't getting care.

A statewide phone line is helping thousands of people each year cope with their stress, anxiety and negative feelings.

Ultimately, the hospital and UCF College of Medicine plan to provide 100 annual residencies in a number of medical specialties.

Officials at 2-1-1 Big Bend say the new number will provide streamlined access to the national resource with no negative impact on the services provided by the regional crisis call center.

Two weeks after a deadly school shooting in Texas, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday that will require mental-health “crisis intervention” training for on-campus officers.

In addition to Tallahassee neighborhoods, the outreach is moving into the underserved areas in surrounding rural areas

The event comes during the larger observance of National Mental Health Awareness Month