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The Hippodrome goes green to help raise awareness for Mental Health Awareness Month!  …

Another successful APA Annual Meeting on the books. This year the UF Department of Psychiatry sent 17 Faculty members, 18 Residents, and two staff members to the APA Annual Meeting held at the San Diego Convention Center. The Department had 12 posters and 13 presentations at this year’s meeting.

Thank you Marina Cecchini for 17 years with UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital. You will be missed!

On Tuesday May 16th at the Alachua County Library Headquarters, concerned parent, Virginia Lynn coordinated a panel of community mental health experts and resources to discuss teen depression, suicide, and bullying. Lynn is an Eastside High School parent whose daughter was recently diagnosed with depression and felt the…

The UF Psychiatry Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Team had a reception to honor Sheila Eyberg, PhD, ABPN and UF Distinguished Professor Emeritus, who is the creator and developer of PCIT. PCIT uses direct coaching of the parent to positively influence the parent’s interactions with his or her child,…

Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS) is unveiling a statewide partnership with University of Florida Health (UF Health) that uses telehealth technology to pair CHS’ counselors with licensed psychiatrists to improve access to care.

On Monday, May 8th UF Health broke ground for their newest multispecialty medical office facility at UF Health Springhill. The department of psychiatry is excited to be co-located with primary care clinics from family medicine and internal medicine, an ideal springboard for further collaborative care efforts. The “Springhill…