In a post-truth world, this false belief researcher offers a simple three-step recipe for building trust and finding common ground. Hint: It starts by recognizing you might be wrong.

Eating disorders affect more than 5% of young people, and they have one of the highest mortality rates of any mental illness. Those who received eight or more therapy sessions were 25 times less ...

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 ...

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 ...

Psychotherapy sessions with caregivers may help prevent serious disease later in life for young children who have experienced significant trauma, a new UC San Francisco study found. Past research has ...

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.

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

While PHP and IOP can help you get on the right path, mental health recovery takes longer than a few weeks. Therefore, it is important to have a plan for your mental health care after the program ends ...

The San Francisco VA Health Care System is recruiting for a two-year postdoctoral advanced fellowship program in data science with a focus on trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research.

We know these are difficult times for everyone, especially those of you who are serving patients. We hope you will enjoy these webinar series presentations featuring mental health and emotional ...