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 ...

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 ...

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.

Researchers at UC San Francisco have found a link between following a diet that is rich in vitamins and minerals, especially one without much added sugar, and having a younger biological age at the ...

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

Over time, these subtle and, sometimes, not so subtle slights can lead to everything from poor sleep to low self esteem and even depression.

Springing forward an hour leaves Americans so groggy that car accidents and heart attacks spike on ‘Sleepy Monday.’ Here are four tips to avoid it.

Nancy E. Adler, PhD, the visionary who co-authored the foundational textbook of health psychology in 1979 and dedicated her life to understanding the profound link between social factors and health, ...