Mental Health

The Heathy Humans Hendry-Glades website has vital information regardless what county you live in.

Availability of mental health services in Florida ranks among the lowest in the US. Here in Southwest Florida, help is available.

Florida has the second-highest incidents of the disease in The US. New research is showing the benefits that a positive lifestyle can have on delaying the effects of Alzheimer’s and Dementia.

An event for women to focus on mental health and wellness is taking place Saturday in Fort Myers.

A local non-profit is offering free mental health services to uplift the community.

Over 580,000 people ages 65 or older are living with Alzheimer’s. The disease has become an epidemic in Florida, which has the second largest population of Alzheimer’s patients in the United States.

Mental Health Issues are common for soldiers returning to civilian life. In Southwest Florida, one group is looking to help “heal the invisible wounds of war”.

A conference in Fort Myers helped to break down barriers for teens seeking help with mental health.

The Florida Department of Health in Lee County is offering monthly mental health first aid trainings for the rest of 2025. Sessions will teach participants to recognize warning signs that someone is in a mental health crisis or struggling with substance abuse, provide support in crisis and non-crisis situations and connect others with mental health resources.

A study from Yale University has found a 62% increase in the number of young adults that have committed suicide since 2007. The CDC found that 1-5 high school students considered suicide in 2024.