Recovering the lost last two years. Marcia Morris, MD offers advice for students who want to jumpstart their social growth during their college years…

Raising Hope at Work returns for the first time since 2019. Have you previously participated in the campaign? Yes, I have participated in RHW every year since 2016. Why do you choose to participate? I really believe in re-investing in the important work that is done here.  This…

UF NEWS+NOTES – There is now greater recognition across the medical field that the stressors inherent to working in health care can be exacerbated by regulations governing the provision of care, policies that affect workflow, technological barriers, staffing shortages and work-life conflicts.

Dr. Ludmilla De Faria discusses how life events can have an impact on a person’s optimism.

Listen as our guests Dr. De Faria and Dr. Menon discuss the mental health of college students. Over the past two years, issues that college students normally face have been exacerbated by the uncertainty and grief associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, societal reckonings, and racial and political tensions. So, how…

Christian Garcia, Research Graduate Assistant, in Dr. Sara Jo Nixon’s Neurocognitive Laboratory, has been selected as a 2022-23 participant in the Southeastern Conference’s (SEC) Emerging Scholars Program. Christian will attend the SEC Emerging Scholars Career Preparation Workshop held at the University of Missouri this September. Established…

Michaela K. Hogan, DNP, ARNP, PMHNP-BC Congratulations to Michaela Hogan. She has been awarded the Nursing Faculty Research Enhancement Award for 2022-2023. Through this award, established by former nursing faculty member, Dr. Molly Dougherty, she will participate in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Foundations and MBSR Teacher Advancement…

Several of the department’s faculty and residents attended the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) Annual Meeting was held May 21st-15th in New Orleans, Louisiana. Those in attendance participated and/or received accolades at the meeting. This year’s meeting featured a deep and timely discussion of the social determinants of mental health:…

There are numerous options for addressing depression, from therapy and holistic options to antidepressants. Dr. Ludmila De Faria, chair of the American Psychiatric Association’s Committee on Women’s Mental Health, explained in the Huffpost…

UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital employees gathered along Gainesville’s Southwest 34th Street mural wall on May 19th to paint a mural for Mental Health Awareness Month.