UCSF Psychiatry News

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Hasser, Peterson selected for School of Medicine Coaching Program

January 13, 2017
Faculty members Caitlin Hasser, MD, and Alissa Peterson, MD, have been selected as members of the second cohort of medical student coaches for the UCSF School of Medicine Bridges Curriculum
Helen Diller

UCSF receives historic $500 million gift

January 12, 2017
The Helen Diller Foundation has granted $500 million to UCSF, the largest single donation in the institution’s history and one of the largest ever to a U.S. university.
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Office-Based Buprenorphine Induction Clinic's work highlighted in national magazine

January 10, 2017
The Department of Psychiatry's Office-Based Buprenorphine Induction Clinic (OBIC) was featured in the December 2016 issue of Mother Jones magazine as "a drug treatment center that actually works."
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UCSF Psychiatry adds five new faculty members

January 05, 2017
Five new faculty members have recently begun their academic appointments with the UCSF Department of Psychiatry.
Alicia Lieberman, PhD

Lieberman named 2017 Whole Child Award recipient

December 21, 2016
Alicia F. Lieberman, PhD, has been selected by the Simms/Mann Institute as one of its three 2017 recipients of the Whole Child Award.
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Depression Center hosts pair of talks on genetics, personality and depression

December 16, 2016
The UCSF Depression Center welcomed UCLA Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences Jonathan Flint, MD, to campus on December 13 & 14, 2016, for a pair of lectures covering genetic research on personality and depression.
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For low-income children, relationship with parent key to health

December 14, 2016
A new study led by a UCSF psychologist has shed light on what can be done to protect young people from negative outcomes.
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New research shows even light-smoking teens are likely to use alcohol and marijuana

December 13, 2016
In a UC San Francisco study of 176 adolescent smokers in San Francisco, 96 percent reported using at least two substances other than cigarettes.
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Study finds killing in war leaves veterans with lasting psychological scars

December 13, 2016
Killing in war often triggers a moral conflict in veterans that can damage their self-image, relationships and spirituality, according to a study by UCSF researchers.
Jonathan Flint, MD

UCSF Depression Center to host public talk on depression, personality, and genetics

November 29, 2016
The UCSF Depression Center will host a free evening seminar on December 14, for patients, family members, clinicians, and other community members interested in learning more about how mental health professionals are using genetics to understand who we are.

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