Mental Health

Mental-health facility workers fired over pregnant patient

25 May 2012

Officials say two people have been fired and a third person has resigned after a patient at a Panhandle mental-health facility gave birth to a baby that is now on life support.   David Wilkins, secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families, said Thursday that the woman was admitted to Florida State Hospital in October and soon began expressing concerns about her pregnancy. She ...

More Mental Health Care Urged for Kids Who Self-Harm

25 May 2012

FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors have long known that some kids suffering severe emotional turmoil find relief in physical pain -- cutting or burning or sticking themselves with pins to achieve a form of release.

Mental health facility goes into lockdown

25 May 2012

Staff at the secure mental health facility James Nash House have placed the building into lockdown as part of a dispute with the centre's management.