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With stress and mental health issues increasing on campus, Dr. Marcia Morris wrote this letter of support and hope. Consider sharing this with your college students when they are home for Thanksgiving.

University of Florida, department of psychiatry Chair and Director of the Center for OCD, Anxiety and Related Disorders, Carol Mathews, MD talks with in your brain podcast‘s Cristina Besosa about anxiety: what it is, how we study it, how to recognize it, and when to seek help for it.

Mental Health matters in the medical field and not just for patients. Learn about the Well-Being Index being implemented by the UF College of Medicine and led by our very own Lisa Merlo, Ph.D. and Christina Bulleit, DO.

In 2019, Julia Longoria, then a Daily producer, traveled to Nashville to speak with Ella Maners and her mother, Katie Maners. Ella, 8 going on 9, was terrified of tornadoes and getting sick. So she did something that was even scarier than her fears: confront them at Fear Facers camp.

After a national search, Carol Mathews, M.D., has been named chair of the UF College of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. She steps into this role after leading the department as interim chair since September 2021. Carol Mathews, MD Chair & Brooke Professor A nationally known…

Young Jo, MD received the NIDA-AACAP Resident Training Award in Substance Use Disorders (SUD) supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the Annual American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Meeting in Toronto. The NIDA-AACAP Resident Training Award in Substance Use Disorder…

The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry had a successful American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Annual Meeting in Toronto this past week. Several of the faculty and fellows presented or taught workshops. Second year fellow, Dr. Young Jo received the NIDA-AACAP Award and…

Andrew Silverman, MD received the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s (AACAP) Education Outreach Award at the Annual AACAP Meeting in Toronto. Supported by AACAP’s Campaign for America’s Kids (CFAK), Life Members Fund, and John E. Schowalter Endowment Fund, the Education Outreach Program (EOP) provides…

Ludmila De Faria, MD weighs in on the alarming rates of suicide, anxiety, depression and other disorders and the populations most affected in an interview with Univision.

Thursday, October 6th, Peaceful Paths held their 21st annual Guest Chef Gainesville where more than 30 chefs from around the city cook and serve their favorite dishes with proceeds supporting victims of domestic violence and their families. The Department of Psychiatry was a sponsor at this year’s…