As children spend more time online, Georgia legislators are exploring how to make digital spaces safer. In this episode of Lawmakers Huddle, GPB’s Donna Lowry speaks to Sen. Sally Harrell (D-Atlanta) and Sen. Shawn Still (R-Johns Creek), co-chairs of a Senate study committee on the issue.
Grieving parents and online safety advocates at a congressional hearing called for new laws to regulate AI companion apps to protect the mental health of minors.
Research shows that teens are more likely to turn to their parents when they need supportrather than peers or professionals. That’s according to a national campaign making resources available to families needing help.
On the sixth anniversary of her teenage daughter Lexi Webb’s death by suicide, Andrea Mills of Smiths Station and a group of supporters will conduct a free community event they hope will reach more people with the message they’ve been spreading.
Lewisburg federal prison, a facility located in central Pennsylvania where thousands of inmates often pass through on their way to other federal institutions, was found to have problems with addressing mental health risks, healthcare quality, leaking infrastructure and employee conduct.
Climate-driven flooding destroyed Tony Calhoun’s home in 2022. But as the water receded, his despair only grew. Now, his family hopes to bring attention to the mental health toll of extreme weather.
The Medical Association of Georgia says help is on the way for physicians in Georgia who are still dealing with the strains of workplace challenges in the wake of the pandemic.
Doctors have long dealt with perceived threats to their careers if they are open about mental illness and addiction. Now about two dozen states are changing licensing forms to lessen the stigma.
Overnight in Macon, a man fired a gun inside the city’s largest hospital and barricaded himself in a restroom, holding law enforcement off for hours before taking his own life.
A new study in Pediatrics shows that an anonymous tip line for students is catching some gun threats before they can escalate. It is part of an effort to treat gun violence as a public health problem.
New ideas like "safe storage maps" show gun owners where to put their firearms in safekeeping if a mental health crisis happens. The idea has support, but obstacles are in the way in some states.
Despite laws that say mental health care should be paid for on a par with other medical care, health insurance stopped covering the care a suicidal teen needed before she was stable.
During the time that deaths from addiction and suicide among white Americans rose by about 9%, deaths among Native Americans shot up by about 30%, a new study shows.
