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Parents have long fretted about schools’ ability to circumvent them in critical health decisions regarding their children. Now, those loopholes are getting smaller after the legislature approved provisions requiring parents be notified before their child is sent for an involuntary psychiatric exam. It's part of a years-long effort by parents rights groups and mental health advocates to curb the use of the state's Baker Act on children. Beth Carr’s son was sent for an involuntary psychiatric exam in 2016 after what she describes as making a bad joke: her then-15-year-old said he liked the ...

Florida lawmakers have tried for years to curb youth Baker Acts. This year, with the passage of parental notification measures, they may have finally moved the needle. Parents have long fretted about schools’ ability to circumvent them in critical health decisions regarding their children. Now, those loopholes are getting smaller after the Legislature approved provisions requiring parents be notified before their child is sent for an involuntary psychiatric exam. It's part of a years-long effort by parents rights groups and mental health advocates to curb the use of the state's Baker Act o...

Full Circle Exclusive: Changing how the police protect and serve the community Exclusive look at SPPD new CALL program Social workers taking non-violent 911 calls in St. Pete and last updated 2021-05-13 18:44:38-04 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — On the fourth floor of the St. Petersburg Police Department's parking garage, more than a dozen people in a different kind of uniform were waiting for their day to start. The team of social workers and mental health experts had on their new grey polo shirts with the letters "CALL" embroidered on the chest. It stands for Community Assistance and Life Liai...

‘Not afraid of going to hell’: Kimberly Kessler again refuses food as she awaits murder trial Published:  Updated:  Tags:  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It’s been nearly three years since Joleen Cummings disappeared. Prosecutors believe her co-worker Kimberly Kessler was the last person to see her alive and have accused Kessler of murder in Cummings’ death. As Kessler waits for trial, records obtained by News4Jax show she’s refusing food, again. Court records show investigators found bloodstains on a chair, wall, reception desk, and vacuum, among other objects and surfaces throughout th...

email article For children and adolescents, certain mental health diagnoses -- as well as being Black or of an older age group -- were associated with an increased likelihood of involuntary psychiatric hospitalization, a U.K. systematic review and meta-analysis found. Involuntary psychiatric holds were more commonly associated with minors diagnosed with psychosis (OR 3.63, 95% CI 2.43-5.44), substance misuse (OR 1.87, 95% CI 1.05-3.30), and intellectual disability (OR 3.33, 95% CI 1.33-8.34). Perceived risk of harming oneself or others was also related to roughly double the occurren...