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Recovery Corner with Jamie Smolen, MD

Unfortunately, we hear tragic stories of celebrities dying from suicide or drug overdose too often. Some of us have even experienced the suicides of a friend or a loved one. In light of Robin Williams’ untimely passing recently, we are reminded that suicide is a brutally real consequence of…

Our Treatment Team

The UF Health Florida Recovery Center has the largest academic addiction team of any in the United States that provides treatment, advocacy, education and research in support of those who seek recovery from addiction. Many of our world-class addiction medicine specialists, addiction psychiatrists and therapists are in recovery. Our experts have helped…

About the Florida Recovery Center

Led by Scott Teitelbaum, M.D., the UF&Shands Florida Recovery Center in Gainesville, Florida provides treatment, advocacy, education and research in support of those who seek recovery from addiction.

What to know about becoming addicted to pain medications

Many people taking medication to control chronic pain are afraid they’ll become addicted to those drugs. Some people do become addicted, and the results can be devastating. But there are ways to limit your risk. Candy Pitcher of Cary, N.C., knows all about the fear of addiction. One summer…

Mainstream medicine misses cases of substance abuse, UF experts say

If addiction is a disease, why do families refer far more patients to specialists and treatment programs than internists, or emergency room physicians or family doctors do? Those questions and others were raised by a groundbreaking five-year national study recently released by the National Center on Addiction and Substance…

Gary Reisfield, M.D. Featured in Neurology Now Publication

In a recent Neurology Now article entitled “Buzz Kill” by Amy Paturel, M.S., M.P.H., University of Florida addiction medicine physician Gary Reisfield, M.D. was quoted in relation to alcohol use and its affects on the adolescent brain. Unlike adult drinkers, who might start slurring their words, losing their balance,…