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Archive: These Psychiatrists Bring Mental Health Care to Those Who Need It Most
A program at UCSF is training psychiatrists to care for people often overlooked by the mental health care system.
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Archive: To Boldly Go or Anxiously Hang Back?
UCSF research has identified a particular group of nerve cells in the brain that play an important role in anxiety’s influence over behavior.
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Archive: Many Nurse Practitioners Cannot Provide Medications to Treat Opioid Addiction
At least six states with high opioid abuse rates also have strong work restrictions that hinder nurse practitioners in prescribing medication that can help treat the problem.
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Archive: Nurse Practitioners Often Restricted From Prescribing Opioid Treatments
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Archive: Brain Scans Spot, Track Alzheimer's
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Archive: Alzheimer’s Diagnosis, Management Improved by Brain Scans
A first-of-its-kind national study has found that a form of brain imaging that detects Alzheimer’s-related “plaques” significantly influenced clinical management of patients with mild cognitive
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Archive: Can Short-Term Stress Make the Body and Mind More Resilient? A New Study is Testing That Theory
UCSF scientists are testing how brief periods of controlled stress could protect the body from long-term stress.
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Archive: UCSF study suggests novel treatment for fending off chronic age-related diseases: Moisturizer
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Archive: Want to cut your risk of dementia? Moisturize your skin, UCSF researchers say
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Archive: UCSF's Dr. Craig Nelson weighs in on new depression treatment approved by the FDA
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Archive: One in Three Seniors Is Lonely. Here's How It’s Hurting Their Health
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Archive: The Irreplaceable Role of Mom-and-Pop Spaces for Aging Adults
Ethnographer Stacy Torres, PhD, is shedding a unique light on how we think about social ties and social relationships among older people.
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Archive: Nurse Practitioners Can Help Close California’s Primary Care Gap, But It Won’t Be Easy
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Archive: Peer-Support, Healing Hands Offers New Options to Patients with Chronic Pain on Prescription Opioids
A program offering group support, acupuncture, mindfulness, massage and gentle exercise may help prevent patients on prescription opioids from spiraling down to drug misuse, overdose and death.
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Archive: Study Offers Hint of Hope for Staving Off Dementia in Some People
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Archive: From Technology to Home Care, Researchers Plan for "Silver Tsunami"
Faculty from UCSF School of Nursing are leading research projects that examine the shortage of long-term care workers and other senior care issues.
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Archive: New Nursing and Pharmacy Partnership Aims to Expand Access to Mental Health Care
The Dyad project will help address the shortage of mental health providers in California and support a team-based approach to clinical medicine.
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Archive: UCSF's Dean Ornish on How to 'Undo' Chronic Diseases
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Archive: No quick fix for physician burnout, depression
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Archive: Parents Often Unaware of Kids' Suicidal Thoughts
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Archive: Mental Health Experts Discuss Importance of Early Intervention for Youth Amid Rising Suicide Rates
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Archive: Pre-Deployment Insomnia Linked to Increased Risk of PTSD for Soldiers
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Archive: Benioffs give $15 million to UCSF Oakland hospital for children’s mental health
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Archive: $15M Benioff Gift Expands Children’s Mental Health Services in East Bay
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland has received a $15 million gift from Lynne and Marc Benioff to address the acute shortage of mental health services for children and adolescents in Oakland and the East Bay, which reflects a nationwide shortage.
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Archive: Depression, Anxiety May Take Same Toll on Health as Smoking and Obesity
Anxiety and depression may be leading predictors of conditions ranging from heart disease to headaches, having similar effects as long-established risk factors like smoking and obesity.
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Archive: Brain Stimulation Relieves Depression Symptoms
Patients with moderate to severe depression reported significant improvements in mood when researchers precisely stimulated a brain region called the orbitofrontal cortex.
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Archive: Classroom Friendships May Offset Effects of Punitive Parents
Angry, threatening and highly critical parenting is more likely to result in children with defiant, noncompliant and revengeful behavior that spills over to adulthood and impacts relationships with all authority figures.
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Archive: Emotional Abuse May Be Linked with Menopause Misery
UCSF has identified another factor that may add to menopause torment: an emotionally abusive partner or spouse.
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Archive: Can Video Games Improve the Health of Older Adults with Schizophrenia?
Video games can offer a safe and easy way for a sedentary population to get started with exercise.