By Jess Berthold Eating disorders affect more than 5% of young people, and they have one of the highest mortality rates of ...

As an organization that touches every part of the San Francisco and the greater Bay Area, the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is committed to providing meaningful acts of of public ...

The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies has announced that Shira Maguen, PhD, has been selected to receive the group's 2025 Robert S. Laufer Memorial Award for Outstanding Scientific ...

UCSF and SFVAHCS researcher Kristine Yaffe, MD, was one of a select group of global leaders in dementia and cognitive aging invited to participate in a symposium focusing on brain health organized at ...

Psilocybin, a natural compound found in certain mushrooms, has shown promise in treating depression and anxiety. UC San Francisco researchers wanted to know if it could be used to help Parkinson’s ...

A study in Neurology, led by Yue Leng, PhD, and Sasha Milton, followed the sleep patterns of 733 older female participants to see if specific patterns of change were associated with a higher risk of ...

The UCSF Department of Psychiatry and the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute are among the nation's foremost resources in the fields of child, adolescent, adult and geriatric mental health. Together ...

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More than 40 elementary schools in SFUSD, and 19 in Mexico, use a UCSF program that helps students with attention challenges – and guides their parents and teachers in supporting them.

Perpetual stress runs us down. But a truly restorative state that alters our bodies at the cellular level can counter this deterioration.

UCSF/SFAHCS researcher Judith M. Ford, PhD, has been selected as president of the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF)'s Scientific Council.