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 UF Health Psychiatric Hospital has partnered…

A Better Life: The Story of Claudia Sanders

Diagnosed with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and an eating disorder, Claudia Sanders was fighting some dark battles. Her depression made it hard to function in…

From Darkness to Light: Reid’s Second Chance at Life Thanks to ECT at UF Health

Reid Schreiber lived in a state of darkness for 15 years, his depression consuming him. The mental toll affected his physical health as well. Despite various…

Breaking Stigmas and Embracing Mental Health Awareness

Let’s talk about the state of our mental health. Nationally, children and teenagers are more anxious than they’ve been. So much so that the American Academy of…

Hannah Turns Recovery Into Purpose

“Just because you’ve hit bottom, doesn’t mean you have to stay there.” September is National Recovery Month, a time for raising awareness, reducing stigma and…

Helping Our Military Veterans Find Healing

The UF Health Jacksonville Leon L. Haley Jr., MD, Brain Wellness Program is an interdisciplinary treatment program for military veterans experiencing…

Considerations From Experts This Mental Health Awareness Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and a trending topic among researchers has been the relationship between social media and mental health. Research has…

What To Know About Mental Health: Everyone’s Doing The Best They Can

Michael Shapiro, M.D., an assistant professor in the UF College of Medicine’s department of psychiatry and medical director of UF Health Child Psychiatry and…

Take the Pledge: Learn About Mental Illness

This year, Oct. 1–7 is Mental Illness Awareness Week, a time to shine a light on mental illness and replace stigma with hope. Each year we fight stigma,…

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.…

5 Must-Read Mental Health Awareness Books

1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experiences mental illness in a given year. These adults are friends, mothers and fathers and spouses. They work beside you and bag…