December 8, 2020
In an ongoing effort to disseminate evidence-based education and treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), UCF RESTORES® – a clinical research center and treatment clinic recognized as the National Center of Excellence for First Responder Behavioral Health – is now offering scholarships for its Trauma Management Training (TMT) clinician training program, designed for behavioral health […]
October 23, 2020
UCF RESTORES Executive Director Deborah Beidel, Ph.D., ABPP, shares insights related to gender-driven approaches to mental well-being, as well as how we can ease potentially stressful conversations surrounding the pandemic’s impact on mental health.
September 24, 2020
At UCF RESTORES®, we not only strongly believe in the power of peer support, we’ve witnessed it firsthand. Through REACT, our peer support training program, we’ve worked with thousands of first responders to help our front-line heroes learn how to recognize signs of emotional distress in others, offer peer-level support and effectively coordinate follow up […]
September 16, 2020
At UCF RESTORES®, we not only strongly believe in the power of peer support, we’ve witnessed it firsthand. Through REACT, our peer support training program, we’ve worked with thousands of first responders to help our front-line heroes learn how to recognize signs of emotional distress in others, offer peer-level support and effectively coordinate follow up […]
September 14, 2020
UCF RESTORES is proud to be mentioned by the Forbes Technology Council in “Five Tech Innovations That Could Change Healthcare This Decade” for our use of virtual reality as a treatment technology.
September 9, 2020
At UCF RESTORES®, we not only strongly believe in the power of peer support, we’ve witnessed it firsthand. Through REACT, our peer support training program, we’ve worked with thousands of first responders to help our front-line heroes learn how to recognize signs of emotional distress in others, offer peer-level support and effectively coordinate follow up […]
July 17, 2020
Due to the current pressure and demand placed on our medical and emergency service fields during COVID-19, UCF RESTORES is now offering no-cost, single session consultations to those individuals seeking a space to discuss the unique and ongoing stressors they are experiencing. WHO? Frontline health care workers, medical professionals and first responders impacted by COVID-19. […]
July 17, 2020
WFTV’s Jaime Holmes shares the progress made on UCF RESTORES’ proprietary VR technology, currently under development through funding from the US Department of Defense and multiple partnerships across campus. The technology, unlike any other, will allow therapists to precisely render scenes of patients’ trauma. Undergraduate UCF students spearhead the day-to-day development of the new technology, […]
July 1, 2020
No one could have predicted the stress, fear and overall difficulty that this year has brought in the form of a global pandemic. The world has changed seemingly overnight, and while the changes to our world may exist for a while, trauma caused by this pandemic has the opportunity to leave behind long-term damage. In […]
June 19, 2020
Over the past year, our team at UCF RESTORES has worked to grow the organization in new, unique and meaningful ways. From expanding our scope of services to further reach communities in need to forging new partnerships that are already paving the way for revolutionary change, our impact has expanded even further as we continue […]
