UF Department Of Psychiatry

UF study finds alterations in early visual perceptual processing in people with OCD.

Dr. Carol Mathews begins her new role as interim chair of UF’s department of psychiatry, succeeding Dr. Regina Bussing who led the department for more than seven years.   

Dr. Bussing currently holds the position of professor and chief of faculty development in the department of psychiatry at UF. Her research expertise spans mental health services, measure development, pharmaco-epidemiology, psychotherapy intervention, and clinical pharmacology trials research.

Researchers and animation company team up to create cartoon videos for kids with anxiety and/or OCD.

The UF departments of neuroscience and psychiatry and MBI co-sponsored the 10th annual North Central Florida Chapter of the SfN Conference.

Experts from various fields united to share perspectives on the opioid crisis during annual CARE symposium.

Addiction research led by Drs. Caitlin Orsini and Marcelo Febo, was recently chosen as a Research Highlight in the journal eNeuro.

In The Conversation, Dr. Jamie Smolen explains how research suggests that binge drinking in the college brain can impair not only learning, but also memorizing.

In a short video and Conversation article, Dr. Pumariega explains how a modified version of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), which began as a research and clinical tool, can be used by anyone to help prevent suicide.

Camp led by MBI members helps kids with OCD and anxiety, advances research.