The Department of Psychiatry held its 2015 Staff Pinning Event August 19th at the McKnight Brain Institute. This year we celebrated 12 departmental employees and their service to the University of Florida. We had some very special milestones this year! Paula Edge received her pin for 40 years of service…
UF Health Psychiatry experts, including board-certified psychiatrists and psychologists, offer comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care for child and adolescents facing mental health issues.
The UF Addiction Medicine Fellowship program received some positive feedback last week from Terri Silver, MA the Chief Credentialing Officer for the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM). ABAM is the nation’s first medical specialty board that certifies addiction medicine physicians across a range of medical specialties. The…
At UF Health Psychiatry, our team of eating disorder experts provides evidence-based outpatient treatment for adolescents and young adults with eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder.
WATCH – When insurance companies deny the mentally ill the treatment their doctors prescribe, seriously ill people are often discharged, and can be a danger to themselves or others. Scott Pelley reported on Sunday, August 2 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Luis Colón-Pérez, PhD The Society for Neuroscience (SfN), the SfN Professional Development Committee, and its Diversity in Neuroscience Subcommittee (DINS) has selected Luis Colón-Pérez, PhD as a Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP) Fellow. The Neuroscience Scholars Program is a multi-year program designed to…
Luis M. Colón-Pérez, PhD and Marcelo Febo, PhD Luis Colón-Pérez, PhD of the Department of Psychiatry received the McKnight Brain Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow Runner-up for his research with Mentor, Marcelo Febo, PhD on Perinatal Cannabis Smoke Exposure and Development…
Adrie Bruijnzeel, PhD and Berry Setlow, PhD Adriaan Bruijnzeel, PhD and Barry Setlow, PhD have been awarded a National Institute of Health (NIH) R21 grant entitled, “Lasting Behavioral and Neuroimaging Consequences of Adolescent Exposure to Cannabis Smoke.” According to the…
Please join us in welcoming our new psychiatry residents for 2015-16.
Residents, therapists, physicians and staff from UF Health Psychiatry programs joined Albert the Alligator to participate in the third-annual Stop the Stigma mental illness awareness event at Kanapaha Botanical Park.
