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Mental Health
Tampa Bay Thrives is addressing the Tampa Bay region’s mental health challenges
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and a Tampa Bay non-profit is trying to draw attention to the region's enormous needs.
Carrie Zeisse, President and CEO of Tampa Bay Thrives, joined WMNF WaveMakers hosts Janet and...
Callers engaged on women’s reproductive rights and conservative religion’s role in law. There is a need to keep abortion safe and legal. Information regarding post-COVID-19 funeral homes assessment of how bad things really got during...
In May, Tampa Bay Hires and Success 4 Kids and Families hold mental health meetings
Tampa Bay Hires and Success 4 Kids and Families Partners to hold Mental Health Awareness Meetings in the month of May.
MidPoint: Mental Health Help for the Trans & LGBTQ+ Community
MidPoint hosts local licensed psychologists Dr. Dani Rosenkrantz and Dr. Darleen Gracia, both of whom specialize in LGBTQ+ and trans-affirming mental health care for Jews and the BIPOC community while supporting diversity across the...
Tampa Bay area leaders commit to fix housing and flooding problems at forum
The Hillsborough Organization for Progress and Equality, or HOPE is composed of 25 interfaith and interracial member congregations. They sought to get commitments from local public officials to attain criminal justice reform, housing and mental...
Florida Commission on Mental Health & Substance Abuse Issues Its Interim Report
Florida Commission on Mental Health issued its interim report calling for major changes in the accessibility and delivery of mental health services and changes to legislation affecting the criminal justice system's response to arrestees with...
Thousands of Florida students have been committed under the Baker Act
Florida had 5,077 incidents of students being involuntarily committed under a mental-health law, the Baker Act, during the past school year.
Tampa City Council to vote on continued funding for mental health co-responder program
The Tampa Police Department’s pilot mental health co-responder program expired on Sept. 30. Additional funding is set for a council vote Thursday.
“Suicide Awareness and Prevention” on Morning Energy
September is National Suicide Prevention Month in United States. September was first declared as National Suicide Prevention Month in 2008. Throughout the month many mental health organizations along with mental health professionals focus on raising awareness about the stigma surrounding suicide. Additionally,...
MidPoint: Psychedelics for mental health
Depression and anxiety seem to be a prevailing mood among the masses, and the clinical diagnosis and treatment of such mental illnesses still leave much to be desired. Adverse side effects from prescription medication and...
Developing Psychedelics for Mental Health Treatment
Chris Witowski of Psilera Inc. is discussing the development of drugs from natural psychedelics to treat mental health illnesses.
James Hamblin. Daniel Bergner. Dajung.
James Hamblin Clean – The New Science Of Skin James Hamblin, a preventive medicine physician and staff writer for The Atlantic was curious about the new science of skin microbes and probiotics. He discovered that...
