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.
On Friday night, we celebrated the graduation of our residents and fellows at the Gainesville Woman’s Club. It was a wonderful event and a great time to reconnect with members of our programs and departments. Below is a list of our graduates and awardees. Thank you to all…
Department Vice Chair and Clinical Chief of Addiction Medicine Division, Scott Teitelbaum, MD and Director of UF Drug Policy Institute, Kevin Sabet, PhD Department…
Dr. Scott Teitelbaum, UF Fellowship Training Director…
UF Health Shands Hospital (Gainesville, Fla.). UF Health Shands Hospital is named for William Augustine Shands, a Florida senator who attended the University of Florida in the early 1900s. UF Health Shands Hospital opened originally as UF Teaching Hospital in 1958 and was renamed as W.A. Shands Teaching…
University of Florida, Department of Psychiatry Exhibitor Booth The 168th Annual American Psychiatric Association (APA) Meeting is currently taking place at the Toronto Convention Centre and the Sheraton Centre in Toronto, Canada. The APA Annual Meeting was established in…
New Research: Analysis of Risk Communication on Ebola Crisis Finds Public Could Benefit from Less Assurance, More Empowerment Researchers Daniel Witter, M.D., Ph.D., Kyle Dalton and Joseph Thornton, M.D., evaluated CDC’s communication strategy based on guidelines on infectious disease risk communication developed as recommendations to the World Health Organization (WHO).
13 teams have now successfully completed the UF Health Hospitality and Service Standards of Behavior training! 1. Adult Inpatient 2. McKnight Brain Institute, Psychiatry Administration 3. CARD – Center for Autism and Related Disorders 4. Student Mental Health 5. Center for Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine – Vero Beach 6. Administration…
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 2:00pm – 5:00pm Health Science Center, Room C1-3 The UF Department of Psychiatry Residency Training Program Presents: Advocacy Day Symposium “The Recovery Movement” within psychiatry, has been nationally promoted by the American Psychiatric Association, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and…
Rajiv Tandon, MD has been selected to receive the 2015 NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist Award. This award is given to psychiatrists noteworthy for going the extra mile and who have made substantial contributions to NAMI Affiliate or NAMI State Organization activities. Award winners are recognized for their advocacy for access…
