News Releases

August 2018

First Coast’s mental health crisis tackled by Child Guidance Center Discover easy ways the community can help the cause Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 27, 2018 – One in five children in Duval County has a mental health disorder and that number increases to 46 percent for...

April 2015

Mental health professionals are understaffed It’s frustrating as a provider of mental health services to continuously hear and to be judged with generic comments, such as the “system is broken.” Other remarks include, “The system is fragmented.” The system is not bad,...

March 2015

Mental health teams for kids deserve support As the Senate and House head into session, I wonder if “this may be the year for mental health,” as Sen. Aaron Bean proclaimed at our recent Senate HHS mental health panel discussion called by Senate President Andy Gardiner...

December 2012

How to talk to youth about the shooting in Connecticut We have assembled a brief listing of excellent resources you can use to help in your efforts to talk with youth and families about the shooting that took place in Connecticut on Friday. Special thanks to the...