Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, which had about 1,400 people staying inside, ... Nearly 40 percent of all state mental health patients live at the facility in rural Chattahoochee.

Shortages of hospital beds and staffing. Florida’s state mental hospitals are filled to near capacity, not just because of bed availability but also due to apparent staff shortages.

Barrett, who was 72, became another casualty of the Florida Legislature’s long-standing decision to ration care at psychiatric facilities for patients like Stone.

Police said Ireland escaped from South Florida State Hospital, which is a psychiatric hospital. An investigation revealed that Ireland escaped the facility about 4 p.m. Wednesday after he climbed ...

The family of Reginald Schroat wants to know what happened to the developmentally disabled man when three staffers at a psychiatric hospital went into his room for several minutes on Oct. 12. All ...

TALLAHASSEE. The oldest and largest psychiatric hospital in Florida was left inaccessible as Hurricane Michael carved its path across the Panhandle, knocking out power and ripping buildings to shreds.

In the past fiscal year, 850 people lingered an average of 102 days on a "seeking placement" list before being discharged from three state hospitals, according to state data The News-Press requested.

A road sign welcomes visitors to Northeast Florida State Hospital, where the brutal killings of two psychiatric patients have exposed safety concerns at the facility and other state mental hospitals ...