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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: 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 School of Medicine Ranks in U.S. News Best Graduate Schools’ Top Five for Ten Years Running
UCSF was the only medical school to be ranked in the top five in the nation in both research and primary care, the categories the magazine uses to assess medical education.
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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: 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: Brain-zapping implants that fight depression are inching closer to reality
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Archive: Anorexia Treatment Hasn't Improved in 40 Years, UCSF Study Finds
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Archive: Study Offers Hint of Hope for Staving Off Dementia in Some People
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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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4 Strategies for Aging Well
UCSF experts share their science-backed strategies for aging well.
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Archive: Pre-Deployment Insomnia Linked to Increased Risk of PTSD for Soldiers
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Archive: Mental Health Experts Discuss Importance of Early Intervention for Youth Amid Rising Suicide Rates
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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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Ending Gun Violence in Our Communities
Violence can become systemic and ignored in underserved communities. UCSF’s Wraparound Project is changing that case by case, helping those who have experienced traumatic violence to reshape their lives through financial relief, housing, trauma recovery, education and employment.
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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: Autism Risk-Factors Identified in ‘Dark Matter’ of Human Genome
A multi-institute research team discovered tens of thousands of rare mutations in noncoding DNA sequences and assessed if these contribute to autism spectrum disorder.
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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.