Mental Health

A recent report detailing problems with Florida’s patchwork mental health system had reached conclusions nearly identical to those of a similar report from more than 20 years ago. The echoes between the findings are unmistakable

Eleven nonprofits in Northeast Florida are receiving nearly $600,000 in collective grants from the Partnership for Mental Health. The money is meant to…

The head of the advocacy organization that represents Florida’s hospitals at the state and federal level says as COVID-19 hospitalizations reach near…

A program by Planned Parenthood of South, East and North Florida (PPSENFL) is offering virtual mental health counseling sessions for people struggling…

A statewide grand jury studying school safety issued an interim report Thursday that tore into Florida’s mental-health system, saying that “deficiencies…

Long before Brian Dawkins landed a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he was playing for Duval County’s William M. Raines High School. Now he wants…

The benefits of human touch are well documented. But we find ourselves increasingly isolated.That in turn has led to a professional touch industry in the…

Patients with serious mental illness may have an increased choice of health-care providers under an agreement between the state and one of the largest…

Wednesday on First Coast Connect we learned about the plans for The Florida Times-Union newsroom to join a union with reporters Andrew Pantazi and Tessa…

Next school year the Duval County School District could employ double the current number of therapists. That’s part of its plan to strengthen mental…