Suicide

“No one ever forgets 911. No one ever forgets 411. And now, no one will ever forget 988,” says one mental heath expert.

Experts caution that suicide is complicated, but a main driver is availability of guns. "I know it's complicated, I really do. But we have to be able to do something," says a Pasco mom whose son shot himself.

In the year since the 10-digit line changed to 988, one South Florida nonprofit has seen a 50% increase in calls. Lack of affordable housing and the pandemic are among the drivers.

Ahead of the new school year, AdventHealth is seeing an uptick in children and teens seeking help for anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts and self-harm behavior.

Police officers responding to a report of someone with a gun threatening to “end it all” outside a downtown Tampa hotel discovered the person in question was the director of the Miami-Dade police force.

Last year, 64 police officers were fatally shot in the line of duty. There were 160 who took their own lives. Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez now stands as a tragic example of where mental health and policing intersect.

It's clear the suicide hotline, a network of more than 200 state and local call centers, faces challenges, including public mistrust and confusion. It’s also clear it needs federal and state funding to be sustainable.

Language has always evolved, and new words have always popped up. In this case, words were created within a digital setting to evade rules and are permeating spoken language, especially among youths.

Florida K-12 schools will receive grants aimed at hiring more than 1,000 counselors and other mental health professionals.

Schools and communities along the I-4 corridor are defying a national and statewide uptick in teen suicide thanks to the introduction of successful mental health intervention programs and the hiring of more mental health professionals.

After two deadly collisions and a cluster of suicides, the Navy is providing more mental health counseling to sailors where they work.

Though military suicide has been a problem for decades, critics say the Pentagon hasn’t come to terms with the fact that anyone can potentially be at risk.