While sometimes afraid to do so, Chase Anderson, MD, speaks his mind anyway — and with good reason. The assistant professor of child and adolescent psychiatry in the UCSF School of Medicine lives with a history of depression and anxiety, tragically attempting suicide twice when he was younger. Now in remission, Anderson is focused on leveraging his past trauma and using his current platform to alleviate those same challenges for others in his care and beyond.
UCSF Psychiatry News
Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital moves to UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center
August 17, 2023
California’s first modern neuropsychiatric institute will reopen on August 19 in a state-of-the-art center for inpatient and intensive outpatient mental health care at the UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion.
Fifth Barondes Lecture set for September 19
August 14, 2023
The fifth Samuel Barondes Lecture in Biological Psychiatry will be held on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, and will feature Bryan L. Roth, MD, PhD, one of the world's leading figures in the areas of molecular pharmacology, GPCR structure, and function and synthetic neurobiology.
Wang selected to receive A.P. Giannini Foundation research fellowship
August 09, 2023
Postdoctoral research fellow Shuyu Wang, MD, PhD, has been selected as a recipient of the 2023 A.P. Giannini Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and Leadership Award, a highly competitive program provides up to three years of funding for research training and career development programs.
CARE 2.0 seeks to enhance inclusion of AANHPI adults in aging, caregiving, and Alzheimer’s research
August 02, 2023
Investigators at UC San Francisco and UC Irvine have been awarded a grant by the National Institute on Aging for more than $16 million to improve the representation of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) adults in aging, caregiving, and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) research.
UCSF ranked among top in the nation for adult psychiatric care for the ninth year in a row
August 01, 2023
For the ninth year in a row, UCSF Medical Center and the UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences have been recognized as one of the nation's top centers for adult psychiatry treatment.
Department members to be featured at American Psychological Association's 2023 convention
July 31, 2023
The 2023 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA) will be held Thursday, August 3 – Saturday, August 5, 2023, featuring in-person presentations at Washington D.C.'s Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
UCSF Psychiatry Residency Training Program named among best in U.S. by physicians
July 24, 2023
The UCSF Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program (RTP) has once again been noted as one of the top psychiatry residency programs in the nation, according to new data released on July 21, 2023, by physician social networking site Doximity.
Study finds possible link between disadvantaged neighborhoods and dementia risk
July 24, 2023
UCSF researchers have discovered a strong, linear association between levels of neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation and an increased risk of Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD).
Lee appointed as new Endowed Chair in Psychiatry Medical Student Education
July 19, 2023
Kewchang Lee, MD, has been appointed to the Endowed Chair in Psychiatry Medical Student Education for a five-year term which began on July 1, 2023.