UCSF Psychiatry News

Adolescents who identified as non-heterosexual are significantly over-represented among first-time offenders, according to a new study that examined sexual orientation, gender expression and mental health among young people who are involved in the justice system, but are not incarcerated.

To close out the 2017-2018 academic year, resident physicians in the UCSF Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program selected 12 department educators to honor for their outstanding commitment and dedication to education.

UCSF will host its third annual Bay Area Maternal Mental Health Conference this fall.

People with severe mental illness are more than twice as likely to have Type 2 diabetes, with even higher risks among patients who are African American or Hispanic, according to a new study led by UCSF.

A national clinical trial testing a smoking cessation intervention for young adults that was conducted entirely on Facebook has found that smokers are 2.5 times more likely to quit after three months with the Facebook-based treatment than if they were referred to an online quit-smoking program.

By Nicholas Roznovsky
 

A new study led by UCSF scientists shows that neurons react differently to opioid substances created inside the body than they do to morphine and heroin, or to purely synthetic opioid drugs, such as fentanyl.

While poverty has long been linked with poor health, a study from UCSF has found that simply living in a more desirable neighborhood may act as a health booster for low-income children.

Dementia should join the expanding list of possible complications following concussion, even if the patient did not lose consciousness, say researchers from UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System.

The 171st Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) will be held Saturday, May 5 - Wednesday, May 9, 2018 in New York, NY.