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Dr. Michael Shapiro discusses pediatric depression

In Florida, state law says that minors can’t consent to their own antidepressant medication treatment or admit themselves to a psychiatric hospital if they are depressed or suicidal. Depression is often thought of as an “invisible illness,” but when does parental refusal for treatment of depression constitute medical neglect?…

Raise Concerns Without Fear and Protect Confidentiality: Why the Two Orders?

"We have to address the dilemma of the trainees’ fear of retaliation in reporting concerns or incidents of harassment and discrimination. This is apparently not an uncommon problem, as I found out at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Psychiatry this year." - Michael Shapiro, MD in Academic Psychiatry

Dr. Shapiro AAP award winner

Dr. Shapiro (third from left) accepts his award at the AAP Annual Meeting in Denver earlier this month. Michael Shapiro, MD is the recipient of the 2017…

Teen Depression/Bullying Resource Forum

On Tuesday May 16th at the Alachua County Library Headquarters, concerned parent, Virginia Lynn coordinated a panel of community mental health experts and resources to discuss teen depression, suicide, and bullying. Lynn is an Eastside High School parent whose daughter was recently diagnosed with depression and felt the…

UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital

Faculty UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital The UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital houses a general child and adolescent psychiatry inpatient unit 8-15 beds for children 9 through 17 years old with mental disorders severe enough to require a secure, structured hospital environment. On this unit, the resident will learn…

Division Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (DCAP) Clinic

Faculty Child and adolescent psychiatry residents at University of Florida gain diverse outpatient experience throughout their two years of training. The primary objective of outpatient training is to help the trainees achieve competence in assessing and treating children and adolescents with developmental and psychiatric problems in an outpatient setting. During…

Child & Adolescent Faculty

Andres Pumariega, MD Professor Chief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Dr. Pumariega has devoted his over 40 year career in psychiatry and child/adolescent psychiatry to children’s systems of care and cultural diversity in mental health. He received his M.D. from the University of Miami School…