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Melinda Fawcett

My Shame Has Been Turned Into Hope

Thanks to the multidisciplinary care at UF Health from Dr. Beduschi and his transplant team and the addiction treatment program with Dr. Scott Teitelbaum at the Florida Recovery Center, Liza is thriving, living a happy, healthy life in sobriety.

Synthetic opioid more deadly than fentanyl becomes public health threat

Dr. Kent Mathias, an assistant professor of psychiatry and addiction at the University of Florida College of Medicine, noted that reversing isotonitazene overdoses with Narcan is challenging outside of a hospital, often requiring higher doses than standard kits provideā€”doses that most first responders or the public don’t carry.

Dr. Takahiro Soda Awarded K23 Grant

Takahiro Soda, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor with the University of Florida department of psychiatry, has received a prestigious K23 grant from the National Institutes of Health, which supports clinical investigators in developing their research skills in patient-oriented studies. With this grant, Dr. Soda intends to explore…

Psychiatry residents provide screenings at back to school health fair

On August 3rd, several of our psychiatry residents attended the Free Health Fair for Back to School, organized by the UF College of Medicine Equal Access Clinic and Children Beyond Our Borders, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Gainesville, Florida. Their mission is to improve the quality…

Dr. Jiang appointed to Editorial Board of Scientific Reports

University of Florida, Department of Psychiatry Assistant Professor, Shixie “Max” Jiang, MD has been appointed a member of the Editorial Board forĀ Scientific Reports,Ā a journal fromĀ NatureĀ Journalā€™s publishing group. Scientific Reports launched in 2011 as a multidisciplinary, online-only, open access publication covering all areas of the natural…

Unpacking Hoarding

Dr. Carol Mathews explains hoarding, a psychiatric illness affecting about 4% of the population, and her new study seeking better screening methods to identify those with the condition. Learn more about her research project looking for clues to identify early warnings of hoarding: http://bit.ly/3U3MCNG…