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Melinda Fawcett

2017 NAMI Walk

Child Psychiatry Fellow, Dr. Hoxha; Residents, Dr. Davis and Dr. Guzman-Quinones, with Psychiatry Chair; Dr. Bussing ready to walk for NAMI The National Alliance on…

FPA holds Mindfulness Conference

Dr. Carol Lewis opens the FPA Mindfulness Conference. The North Central Chapter of the Florida Psychological Association (FPA) held a one day community education conference, “Applications of Mindfulness to Mental Health and Well-Being”. The conference brought experts…

OCD Awareness Week

OCD Awareness Week is an international effort taking place during the second week in October each year to raise awareness and understanding about obsessive compulsive disorder and related disorders, with the goal of helping more people to get timely access to appropriate and effective treatment.

World Mental Health Day

Mental health in the workplace is the theme of World Mental Health Day 2017. World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues and mobilizing efforts in support of better mental health. During our adult…

Dr. Bruijnzeel speaks at DEA Lecture Series

Dr. Bruijnzeel speaking at the DEA Lecture Series at the DEA Museum in Washington, DC On October 5th, Adriaan Bruijnzeel, PhD spoke at the DEA Lecture Series in Washington, D.C. The title…

October 2017 Newsletter

A monthly electronic newsletter highlighting the accomplishments and events happening in the Department of Psychiatry.

UF Health Psychiatry participates at FPS

UF Health’s Rebecca Lukowski and Department of Psychiatry Administrator, Marika Brigham at FPS in Sarasota, FL The Florida Psychiatric Society held their annual fall meeting at the Hyatt Regency in…

VA hosts CME event for MIAW

Attendees gather for the start of the VA CME event, part of Mental Illness Awareness Week The Malcom Randall VA Medical Center hosted a CME event for Mental Illness Awareness Week. Participants could earn up to eight CME credit hours. Sessions included topics such as “Moving Beyond the Stigma…