Shands Hospital at the University of Florida Inpatient
Shands Hospital at the University of Florida is a 614-bed private, not-for-profit hospital and one of the most comprehensive in the Southeast, specializing in tertiary care for critically ill patients. Shands at UF is one of the leading referral medical centers in the southeastern United States and continually receives recognition as one of the best hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. This recognition was achieved by making patient care, education and research our priorities.
Shands at UF is the primary teaching hospital for the UF College of Medicine. More than 500 physicians representing 110 medical specialties work with a team of health care professionals to provide quality care for our patients. The faculty from the UF College of Medicine includes nationally and internationally recognized physicians whose expertise is supported by intensive research activities. Because of Shands' affiliation with the UF Health Science Center, our patients benefit from the latest medical knowledge and technology.
For more information about Shands at UF, please call (352) 265-0111 or (800) 749-7424
Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Service (Unit 82)
Director: Martin J. Repetto, MD, PhDOur Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Service (Unit 82) is a 22-bed unit located in Shands Hospital. We provide services for a variety of psychiatric conditions and concurrent medical problems. Our Intake and Evaluation Service provides diagnostic evaluations and brief inpatient treatment for new patients with diagnostic or treatment issues. Individuals are evaluated by senior staff psychiatrists and treatment implemented or recommendations sent back to referring psychiatrists. Patients with medical and psychiatric illnesses are treated in our Psych-Med Service and are co-managed by psychiatry and other services in the health center. There is an active Electroconvulsive Therapy Service, headed by Dr. Richard Holbert, serving the needs of both inpatients and outpatients.
Our Gero-Psych Service is geared toward the evaluation and treatment of psychiatric issues common to the geriatric population, such as dementia or other cognitive disorders, depression, psychiatric disorders due to a general medical condition, or substance induced psychiatric disorder. There is frequent consultation with area nursing homes.
There is much interaction between the psychiatry services and other medical services in order to best meet the needs of our geriatric-psychiatry and medical-psychiatry patients. Treatment modalities include psychopharmacology, individual psychotherapy including brief, crisis intervention, and cognitive-behavioral, family and group therapy. Every patient on Unit 82 is seen daily by a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team who contributes to the care of that patient. This includes attending and resident physicians, psychologists, occupational therapy staff, social workers, and a case manager.
For more information about adult psychiatric inpatient services at Shands at UF, please call (352) 265-0082.