As part of an academic medical center, the USF Health Psychiatry Center provides care for the most common and the most challenging conditions affecting patients and their families.
Our patients meet with our highly trained psychiatrists and psychologists to discuss their mental health concerns and how they are impacting their lives with symptoms that range in severity. To further define a mental health concern, testing may be recommended, so that a comprehensive care plan can be developed.
A mental health concern that is prevalent in our society today is depression. Our team of psychiatrists and psychologists at USF Health give patients ways to cope with depression, from medication and therapy in milder cases to TMS for medication resistant major depression. As the only academic medical center on the West Coast of Florida, our patient care is directly impacted by our on-going clinical trials.
At USF Health, we want to make it easy for patients to get the care they need.
We provide care for adults and children with the following mental health conditions:
USF Health psychiatrists Dr. Ryan Wagoner and Dr. Deborah Knudson Gonzalez discuss their psilocybin and psychedelic compounds research for major depressive disorders, including treatment-resistant and postpartum depression. Learn about our psychiatry clinical trials and see if you qualify for ongoing trials. USF Health boldly working to improve patient outcomes with innovative treatments and trailblazing research.
Dr. Gonzalez shares her expertise on postpartum depression and psychosis.
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