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Miniature Horse Therapy: Bringing Unique Joy and Healing to Patients

Dog therapy is well-known and widely used, but have you heard of miniature therapy horses? Since the spring, the BOB体育 Psychiatric Hospital has partnered鈥�

Search for a major depression trigger reveals a familiar face: Discovery opens new possibilities for treatments

March 30, 2023

JUPITER, Fla.鈥� A common amino acid, glycine, can deliver a 鈥渟low-down鈥� signal to the brain, likely influencing major depression, anxiety and other mood鈥�

Carol Mathews, M.D., named chair of UF department of psychiatry

October 19, 2022

University of Florida psychiatrist Carol Mathews, M.D., an internationally known clinician and translational researcher in the areas of obsessive-compulsive鈥�

Managing return-to-work anxiety during COVID-19 crisis

June 23, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has abruptly changed our day-to-day routines. As some of our everyday activities resume, such as returning to work, many of us may face鈥�

Identifying unhealthy anxiety during the coronavirus crisis

March 18, 2020

Experts at the University of Florida鈥檚 Center for OCD, Anxiety & Related Disorders discuss how to know if you or a loved one are experiencing unhealthy levels鈥�

Mental Health Chat: Treating OCD

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We are bringing awareness to the 2 million individuals in the United States affected with obsessive-compulsive disorder.鈥�

Cyberbullying: A Growing problem in America

According to a 2011 report by the National Crime Prevention Council, cyberbullying affects nearly a half of all American teens. Defined as the use of鈥�

Middle-aged trauma patients with preexisting psychological illness have longer hospital stays

March 10, 2016

A new study by University of Florida researchers finds middle-aged adults with psychological illness such as anxiety and depression are more likely to have鈥�