College of Medicine Service Pin Award Ceremony
Dean Michael Good, MD, Priscilla Spence, Paula Edge and Marika Brigham at the Service Pin Award Ceremony On Wednesday, October 28 the University of Florida College of Medicine gathered to…
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Flu Shots: Vero Beach Psychiatry Clinic 100% Compliant!
Center for Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, Vero Beach The faculty and staff at the Center for Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine in Vero Beach has achieved 100% compliance before the proposed Halloween goal set by administrators. Way to go Vero Beach!…
Drug Abuse on the Rise
According to the CDC, overprescribing is directly related to addiction and the increase in deaths by overdosing. Dr. Scott Teitelbaum, UF Health Chief of Addiction Medicine talks to TV 20 about the continuing drug epidemic in the US.
Depression documentary screening at Hippodrome part of Mental Illness Awareness Week
As part of Mental Illness Awareness Week, which runs from October 4th – 10th, the UF Department of Psychiatry partnered with UF Health to host a movie night at the Hippodrome Theatre in downtown Gainesville. The Misunderstood Epidemic: Depression is a documentary by filmmaker Susan Polis Schutz…
Sleep Disorders: A Review of Changes in DSM-5 Sleep-Wake Disorders
Khurshid A. Khurshid, MD Psychiatric Times | By Khurshid A. Khurshid, MD | Special Reports – Healthy sleep is required for restoring functioning and vitality, promoting memory consolidation, and maintaining immune function. However, many individuals are affected with sleep disorders. There are about 60 million Americans who have problems with…
1 in 4 People Live with a Mental Illness…
Mental Health Coalition of North Central Florida and volunteers painted the 34th street wall for Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 4th – 10th I am stigma free! Take the Stigma Free pledge at www.NAMI.org/stigma #IAmStigmaFREE …
Recovery means rescue from addiction
Are you ready to get sober? The first week in October is designated as Mental Health Awareness Week. It’s a good time to reflect on these questions and see if you are ready to address them. Jamie Smolen, M.D., is an addiction psychiatrist at the UF Health Florida Recovery Center.
Driving while drugged now just as deadly as drunk driving
“Alcohol is the deadliest drug we have by practically any metric…and alcohol in combination with [marijuana] is particularly malignant,” said Dr. Gary Reisfield, professor of psychiatry at the University of Florida.
Addiction is Powerful. So is Hope.
Together, we can put recovery within reach. When patients arrive at UF Health’s Florida Recovery Center, Tim Christensen assures them that there is life after addiction. He’s living proof.
