Police on lookout for drug 10,000 times more potent than Morphine
The DEA is warning people about one of the most lethal drugs now on the street. "Carfentanil is what they're calling the elephant tranquilizer. In humans, we use Fentanil. It's a more potent Opiod,"...
View ArticleHeroin overdoses, arrests spike in Alachua County
“I’ve seen in the field more death in the last one to two years than in my whole career,” said Dr. Scott Teitelbaum
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MIAW Movie Night at the Hippodrome
The Department of Psychiatry and UF Health held it’s second annual movie night during Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) at the Hippodrome in downtown Gainesville on October 5th. As part of...
View ArticleWorld Mental Health Day 2016
When terrible things happen in our communities, we can reach out a helping hand to those who are affected. Learning the basic principles of psychological first aid will help you to provide support to...
View ArticleRecruitment begins for landmark study of adolescent brain development
The University of Florida and 18 partnering institutions today will launch the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States. Researchers are targeting specific...
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2016 Staff meeting and Service Pin Reception
The Department of Psychiatry held it’s annual staff meeting and service pin reception on October 31st at the McKnight Brain Institute. Congratulations to this year’s Service Pin Recipients: Debra...
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Marika Brigham named President-Elect of NAAPA
Congratulations to Marika Brigham, Director and Chief Financial Officer of the University of Florida Department of Psychiatry, who was named President -Elect of the National Association of Academic...
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Wayne Creelman, MD appointed the Mental Health Collaborative of Indian River...
Wayne Lewis Creelman, MD, MBA, DLFAPA Congratulations to Wayne Creelman, MD, who was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Mental Health Collaborative of Indian River County. Dr. Creelman has...
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Employee Service Award Ceremony
Congratulations for your years of service to the University of Florida College of Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry. Bonnie McLaurin – 30 years Marika Brigham – 25 years From left to...
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Celebrating Distinction – Four Psychiatry Faculty Receive Distinction
The University of Florida Health Science Center held it’s fifth annual Celebrating Distinction ceremony to recognize those faculty members who have recently been named to an endowed professorship or...
View ArticleUF addiction medicine expert warns of the dangers of excess drinking around...
Drinking spirits around the holidays has become as much of a tradition as celebrating the holidays themselves. Find out what health care experts are saying about this spike in alcohol use. By Chris...
View ArticleHow to Know When Holiday Drinking is Hurting Your Brain
Alcohol and the year-end holidays seem made for each other, but dangers lurk.
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Quilters of Alachua County Day Guild donate quilts for child psychiatry...
Department of Psychiatry Chair Regina Bussing, MD and staff members Priscilla Spence and Daniel Fuentes hold quilts donated by the Quilters of Alachua County Day Guild. For the third year in a row the...
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Dean Good and members of UF Department of Psychiatry tour GRACE Marketplace
By Caroline Nickerson, Editorial Assistant Dean Good of the UF College of Medicine, Dr. Regina Bussing, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and other members of the department get a tour of the GRACE...
View ArticleThe holidays and addiction recovery
WCJB-TV20 Dr. Gregory Jones from the UF Health Florida Recovery Center joins TV20’s Tracy West with some symptoms of drug or alcohol addiction, and ways to avoid relapse during the holidays.
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Beaches Habitat organizes memorial build for Dr. Richard Christensen
Kathy Christensen, Tory Wilcox, Caroline Nickerson, Mary Anne Christensen The Beaches Habitat for Humanity in Jacksonville held a build in honor of Dr. Richard Christensen on November 18, 2016. Over 40...
View ArticleUF Researchers publish long-term follow-up of DBS for OCD
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is a nonsurgical treatment used to treat patients with a number of neurological conditions including Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, Tourette syndrome, and obsessive...
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