Mental Health

The "Florida Matters Live & Local" staff is focusing on WUSF’s Spring Fund Drive, so it’s a great time to give another listen to some of our favorite interviews.

Jacksonville schools are expanding student-led initiatives and culturally aware counseling efforts to encourage teens to discuss emotional challenges and seek support without hesitation or stigma.

With high demand for mental health care, a wave of artificial intelligence-powered chatbots are being marketed as therapy apps — with little evidence they work and few regulations.

Florida ranked 38th out of 49 states when it comes to susceptibility to burnout in a new study. But researchers say the climate can only do so much.

Environmental advocates celebrated a win in Manatee last month with a new law blocking a plan for a new cruise port. But is the Terra Ciea Aquatic Preserve safe from development? Not everyone thinks so.

A long stay in intensive care can bring physical, cognitive, and mental health challenges that can take months or longer to resolve.

A speech pathologist and a space-staging expert – both moms of neurodivergent children – organize preparedness workshops and a specially designed backpack with tailored tools.

In "Missing Me," writer Ayana Lage recalls the harrowing weeks after her daughter’s birth, when she recalled hearing voices (God?) and struggled to distinguish reality from delusion.

On "Florida Matters Live & Local," Charles "Coach Chuck" Price spoke about how his "Felons Ain't Failures" program and podcast got started, his passion for recidivism and more.

A Tampa mental health provider says such proposals create an environment of fear and hostility in the LGBTQ+ community that can be tricky to treat.

"Live & Local" jumps into four controversial issues: school closures in Pinellas, war planning at MacDill, the new teen curfew in Palmetto and treatment gaps for maternal mental health.

Eight years after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, the mental health support that came out of the tragedy remains a cornerstone to help people heal psychological scars.