Adolescents who smoke e-cigarettes are exposed to significant levels of potentially cancer-causing chemicals also found in tobacco cigarettes, even when the e-cigarettes do not contain nicotine.
UCSF Psychiatry News
Maguen appointed to national commission on veteran mental health care
March 02, 2018
Shira Maguen, PhD, has been appointed to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affair's Creating Options for Veterans' Expedited Recovery (COVER) Commission, a body made up of ten mental health professionals of recognized standing and distinction within the medical community appointed directly by the president and congressional leaders.
UCSF Depression Center to host free community event on managing stress
March 01, 2018
The UCSF Depression Center will hold a free evening seminar on March 20 for patients, caregivers, clinicians, and other community members interested in learning more about how stress can affect individuals with depression.
Roth joins UCSF faculty as attending psychiatrist and behavioral health medical director for San Francisco jails
March 01, 2018
Forensic psychiatrist Loren Roth, MD, has joined the UC San Francisco Department of Psychiatry faculty as a health sciences clinical associate professor, effective March 1, 2018.
Mangurian recognized by Academic Senate for excellence in mentoring
February 28, 2018
The UCSF Academic Senate has announced that Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS, has been selected to receive their 2018 Distinction In Mentoring Award.
UCSF experts: Focus on mental illness as cause of mass shootings is unfounded and potentially harmful
February 28, 2018
Statements by policymakers, journalists, and others placing the blame for America's recent spate of mass shooting incidents solely on mental illnesses are diverting the nation from discussing more contributory factors, such as access to firearms, according to a new commentary written by two UCSF experts.
Samsung and UCSF introduce My BP Lab, a smartphone app for blood pressure and stress research
February 25, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have announced the launch of My BP Lab, a jointly developed smartphone research app to help users monitor their blood pressure and stress levels and obtain personalized insights for improving their daily health.
UCSF Psychiatry Chief Residents for 2018-2019 announced
February 22, 2018
The UCSF Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program (RTP) has announced its new chief residents for the 2018-2019 academic year.
Four named as 2018 Grand Rounds Trainee Research Award honorees
February 22, 2018
Four department trainees have been selected to present their scholarship and research at Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds events later this year as part of a series designed to highlight the work of senior trainees.
Paid family leave policies at nation's top medical schools have room for improvement
February 13, 2018
A review of paid family and childbearing leave policies at a dozen of the nation’s top medical schools has revealed a wide disparity in the amount of time afforded to new parents by those academic institutions.
