Archive: San Francisco Partnership Launches New Mental Health Center
UCSF is supporting the creation of a new center that will add 54 conservatorship beds to San Francisco’s system of mental health care.
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Archive: For mentally ill homeless patients, new center offers 54 beds and a dose of hope
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Archive: Program Aims to Bridge Gap Between Primary Care and Mental Health Services
A pilot program at UCSF was designed to deliver rapid-access medication management and psychotherapy services to patients with the goal of returning them to their primary care providers for continuing care once they have been stabilized.
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Archive: Study Points to Immune System’s Role in Neural Development
A new study shows that an immune signal named interleukin 33 plays a crucial role in allowing the brain to maintain the optimal number of synapses during the development of the central nervous system.
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Archive: 'Anxiety Cells' Identified in the Brain
For the first time, neuroscientists have identified “anxiety” cells deep inside the brain.
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Archive: Researchers Discover 'Anxiety Cells' In The Brain
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Archive: Brain’s Immune System May Be Key to Better Treatments for Psychiatric Disorders
Anna Molofsky is researching how synapses pruning and formation occur normally during brain development in the hope of determining how subtle shifts in balance lead to neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Archive: Treating Anxiety in Children
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Archive: New Genetic Models of Autism Point to Cellular Roots of Disease
Researchers at UCSF have developed a new genetic model of autism, using neurons created in the lab from patients’ own skin cells.
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Archive: Stress in Pregnancy Linked to Changes in Infant’s Nervous System, Less Smiling, Less Resilience
Maternal stress during the second trimester of pregnancy may influence the nervous system of the developing child, both before and after birth.
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Archive: UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences Announces Trailblazer Awards
The UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences has awarded funding to 11 UC San Francisco scientists seeking to support the Institute’s mission to improve the lives of people with brain diseases and disorders through innovative projects that unite the scientific disciplines of neurology, psychiatry and neurosurgery.
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Archive: A Change of Mind: Scientists Are Learning to Predict Psychosis Years in Advance—and Possibly Prevent It
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Archive: Cell Mapping Initiatives Aim to Uncover Hidden Pathways of Disease
UCSF researchers are leading several initiatives that aim to see how dozens of seemingly unrelated genes and proteins involved in a disease are in fact all part the same interconnected biological pathway.
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Archive: UCSF Specialties Among World’s Best in US News Global Universities Rankings for 2018
UCSF has ranked in the top 10 for seven specialties in 2017 Best Global Universities rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.
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Archive: Matthew State Awarded Sarnat Prize for Mental Health Research
Matthew State is one of three recipients of the 2017 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health given by the National Academy of Medicine.
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Archive: Protein Pair Keeps Brain Function Stable
UCSF researchers have discovered that two molecular partners interact at synapses to maintain stable neuronal function.
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Archive: Top Avoidable Emergency Room Visits: Alcohol, Dental Issues and Depression
Alcohol abuse, dental conditions and depression were among the top causes of avoidable emergency room visits nationally.
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Archive: Low-Cost Preventive Care May Help Heart Health for People with Serious Mental Illness
A UCSF study identified a cost-effective way to ensure that people with serious mental illness receive frequent cardiovascular screening: an evidence-based integrated care model that leverages technology.
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Archive: Talk Therapy with ‘Self-Forgiveness’ Focus Eases PTSD in Vets Who Have Killed
Veterans who have killed in combat and suffer from nightmares, hyper-vigilance to perceived threats, and numbness to people and activities that once made them happy, may be helped by a six-to-eight week talk therapy program.
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Archive: We Don't Know Nearly Enough About LGBTQ Health. A Massive New Study May Change That.
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Archive: Insomnia Linked to Premature Birth in Study of 3 Million Mothers
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Archive: Sleep Disorders Linked to Preterm Birth in Large California Study
Pregnant women who are diagnosed with sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and insomnia appear to be at risk of delivering their babies before reaching full term.
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Archive: Genetics, Altered Brain Structure Offer Window into Autism Severity
Rare deletions or duplications of about 600 genetic “letters” in a region on chromosome 16 confer a high risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and other neurodevelopmental conditions.
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Archive: Research Aims to Shape More Precise Treatments for Depression in Women
Interim Dean Sandra Weiss of the UCSF School of Nursing is leading three major studies aimed at shedding important light on some of the most pressing issues facing American women with depression and the clinicians who treat them.
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Archive: Another Possible Indignity of Age: Arrest
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Archive: Stress of poverty, racism raise risk of Alzheimer's for African Americans, new research suggests
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Archive: New drug restores memories in brain-damaged mice
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Archive: Elevated Rate of Autism Symptoms Found in Children with Tourette Syndrome
Around one in five children with Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary movements and vocalizations, met criteria for autism in a study headed by UCSF.
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Archive: Research on transgender children still in its infancy
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Archive: A Haven From Trauma's Cruel Grip