UCSF Psychiatry News

Psilocybin fosters greater connections between different regions of the brain in depressed people, freeing them up from long-held patterns of rumination and excessive self-focus, according to a new study by scientists at UCSF and Imperial College London.

The lethargy that many Alzheimer’s patients experience is caused not by a lack of sleep, but rather by the degeneration of a type of neuron that keeps us awake.

UCSF's psychiatry program has been ranked fourth in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's annual survey of the best graduate and professional schools. For the fourth consecutive year, UCSF is also the top public university for graduate and professional psychiatry programs in the United States.

After receiving more than 970 applications, the UCSF Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program announced that it will welcome a diverse and highly accomplished class of 16 new resident physicians to UCSF this summer.

A new study shows that increased daytime napping in older people may foreshadow Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

Infants whose mothers participated in a mindfulness-based program during pregnancy had healthier stress responses at 6 months old, a new UC San Francisco study found.

Four early career researchers have been selected to present their scholarship and research at Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds events later this spring as part of a series designed to highlight the work of senior trainees

The UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences was ranked third among departments at public institutions and 10th among all recipients in psychiatric research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in fiscal year 2021

A UCSF-developed tool to detect early signs of literacy weaknesses that could lead to dyslexia got a boost in the California governor’s recent budget proposal, and could be in widespread use in the state’s public schools by 2023.

Victor I. Reus, MD, has been selected by the American College of Psychiatrists (ACP) to receive the group's 2022 Distinguished Service Award.