Melinda Fawcett

We held the department Fall Social at the Reitz Game Room on September 20th. Staff, faculty, trainees, and their families came together for an afternoon filled with food, fun, and games. The event was a wonderful opportunity to relax, connect, and celebrate our department members. We also held…

Neurofilament Light Chain and Differentiation of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia From Psychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review All Authors: Dimitry Davydow, Morgan Brasfield, Christopher Marrow, Adam Staffaroni, Gregory Pantone, Breton Asken Published in: The Journal of the American Medical Association – Psychiatry Read more: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40928798/…

The 6th annual Run 4 Recovery was a great success! Each September, this event brings our community together for a morning of connection and awareness in support of recovery. This year’s run/walk at Depot Park highlighted the importance of celebrating and supporting those in recovery. An estimated 1 in…

Dr. Scott Teitelbaum, medical director of the UF Health Florida Recovery Center, knows firsthand the challenges of addiction — and the power of recovery. After losing it all, he found treatment, achieved sobriety, and now leads one of the nation’s premier recovery programs.

In National Geographic, Dr. Sara Jo Nixon weighed in on how the news cycle impacts brain and body health.

Catch up on the latest media highlights featuring University of Florida College of Medicine experts — including psychiatry faculty Sara Jo Nixon, Ph.D. and Ludmila De Faria, MD.

A milestone in OCD research: A study has pinpointed 30 significant genetic regions and 25 likely causal genes associated with OCD. “Instead of one gene or brain region, OCD seems to be a disorder of circuits and hundreds of genes,” says Dr. Mathews, co-leader of the study and Director of…

In this Tampa Bay Times article, Dr. Kent Mathias, of the UF Health Florida Recovery Center, shares firsthand insights into the devastating effects of nitrous oxide addiction, including irreversible paralysis and rising fatalities.