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As headlines around the state continue to pile up, documenting the horror show that is Florida’s mental health system of care, State Representatives Janet Adkins and Charles McBurney listened somberly to a litany of problems- and proposed solutions – at a public forum Monday at Jacksonville City Hall looking at the issue.
The Community Mental Health Roundtable, convened by Adkins, featured a panel of experts and community members telling story after story of how gaps in the system are failing the state’s mentally ill and addicted.
“The need for reform has life-or-death consequences,” Adkins told the group as the session…
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