Christopher Ong, MD Dr. Christopher Ong, PGY-3, has been nominated for a Physician Recognition Award. Chris will be honored at an award recognition luncheon later this month. Please join us in congratulating Chris on his award and dedication to our profession.
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…
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!…
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.
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…
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…
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 …
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.
“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.
