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I’m a Black Psychiatrist. I’m Never Prepared for the Emptiness and Grief I Feel When Police Shoot a Black Person
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Higher-Calorie Diets for Patients with Anorexia Nervosa Shorten Hospital Stays
A new study led by UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and the Stanford University School of Medicine indicates that patients get well faster by providing more calories and increasing them quickly.
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Apathy Could Lead to a Greater Risk of Dementia, Study Finds
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An ‘Awe Walk’ Might Do Wonders for Your Well-Being
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Hinshaw Receives National Academy of Medicine’s Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health
Hinshaw’s work spans developmental psychopathology, clinical interventions with children and adolescents, and program development related to reducing the pervasive stigmatization of mental illness.
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‘Awe Walks’ Boost Emotional Well-Being
Older adults who took weekly 15-minute “awe walks” for eight weeks reported increased positive emotions and less distress in their daily lives.
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Maternal Stress During Pregnancy Linked to Infant Illness
Greater maternal stress during pregnancy is linked with significant increases in the number and variety of infant illness during the first year of life, independent of the level of stress after birth.
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Managing Anxiety in the Age of Everything
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UCSF Medical Center Ranks Among Nation’s 10 Best Hospitals for 2020-21
UCSF Medical Center has been recognized as one of the nation’s finest hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report 2020-2021 Best Hospitals survey, ranking among the top 10 hospitals nationwide for the 22nd year.
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Front-Line Physicians Stressed and Anxious at Work and Home
Amid the COVID-19 chaos in many hospitals, emergency medicine physicians in seven cities around the country experienced rising levels of anxiety and emotional exhaustion, regardless of the intensity of the local surge, according to a new analysis led by UCSF.
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Older Adults Who Can Really Smell the Roses May Face Lower Likelihood of Dementia
Seniors who can identify smells like roses, turpentine, paint-thinner and lemons, and have retained their senses of hearing, vision and touch, may have half the risk of developing dementia as their peers with marked sensory decline, according to a new UCSF study.
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FDA Approves Video Game Based on UCSF Brain Research as ADHD Therapy for Kids
The FDA has approved the first video game therapeutic as a treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, based on research by UCSF’s Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD.
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Disrupted Circadian Rhythms Linked to Later Parkinson's Diagnosis
Older men who have a weak or irregular circadian rhythm guiding their daily cycles of rest and activity are more likely to later develop Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study by scientists at the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences who analyzed 11 years of data for nearly 3,000 independently living older men.
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Autism Tests Gauge Traits Equally Well in Girls and Boys
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The Hardest Part of Having a Nonbinary Kid Is Other People
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Out-of-Sync Brain Waves May Underlie Learning Deficit Linked to Schizophrenia
A new UCSF study in mice has pinpointed a specific pattern of brain waves that underlies the ability to let go of old, irrelevant learned associations to make way for new updates.
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From Apps to Expert Advice, Invaluable Resources for Well-Being During the Coronavirus Pandemic
To help during these times, UCSF psychologist Elissa Epel worked with colleagues across the UCSF Department of Psychiatry to create a webpage of mental-health resources.
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We Should Send Women on a Mars Mission
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Weill Neurohub Launches with Investments in Foundational Projects
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Feeling Anxiety About Coronavirus? A Psychologist Offers Tips to Stay Clearheaded
As cases of the novel coronavirus infection, COVID-19, increase across the U.S., many people may be feeling anxious. We spoke with UC San Francisco psychiatrist Elissa Epel, PhD, who studies stress, about the difference between anxiety and panic, and steps you can take stay calm and prepared.
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Medication Fog Can Mimic or Worsen Dementia in the Elderly
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Exploring Emotion and Music in Dyslexia
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Long-Term Learning Requires New Nerve Insulation
For a conditioned response to become long-lasting requires brain cells to increase amounts of an insulating material called myelin, which may serve to reinforce and stabilize newly formed neural connections.
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Is Intermittent Fasting Healthy for Work Culture?
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Training Nurse Practitioners to Fill the Gap in Mental Health Care
To address a shortage in mental health providers, UCSF, in close collaboration with UC Davis and UCLA, is preparing to launch an online training program for psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners, which aims to train 300 new mental health providers throughout the state by 2025.
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The simple design change that could help doctors prevent opioid addiction
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Opioid Prescriptions Affected by Computer Settings
Researchers found that when default settings, showing a preset number of opioid pills, were modified downward, physicians prescribed fewer pills. Fewer pills could improve prescription practices and protect patients from developing opioid addictions.
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Can Technology Mend Our Broken Minds
Scientists have documented the influence of information overload on attention, perception, memory, decision-making, and emotional regulation. But the same technologies contributing to the cognition crisis could help solve it, argues neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley.
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Mothers, Babies Overlooked in the Drug Crisis