UCSF Psychiatry News

The UCSF Department of Psychiatry has been ranked among the top ten centers for adult psychiatry in the nation in U.S. News & World Report’s annual America’s Best Hospitals survey.

UC San Francisco staff member Nicholas Roznovsky has been elected Chair-Elect of the UCSF Staff Assembly, an association of more than 7,000 university and medical center employees who are not represented by a union or other bargaining unit.

The members of the Department of Psychiatry's State Lab were among the UC San Francisco faculty, students, and staff members recognized for their efforts in supporting and advocating for sustainability measures at the seventh annual Sustainability Awards on June 20.

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to welcome three new faculty members to its ranks this summer.

Longtime faculty member John Sikorski, MD, was honored earlier this week as the inaugural recipient of the UCSF Psychiatry Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry.

Resident physicians in the UCSF Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program have chosen 11 department educators to honor for their outstanding commitment and dedication to resident education.

The Female Brain, a relationship comedy motion picture loosely based on the 2006 book of the same name by UCSF neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine, MD, had its world premiere on June 17 at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Longtime UC San Francisco clinician, educator, and researcher Alicia Boccellari, PhD, will officially retire on June 29, 2017, after a career spanning more than three decades in the Bay Area.

Art lovers and bargain hunters are invited find new treasures for their collections while supporting LGBTQ and HIV-related mental health care.

Around one in five children with Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary movements and vocalizations, met criteria for autism in a study headed by UC San Francisco. But this prevalence may be more a reflection of similarity in symptoms than actual autism, according to the study’s researchers.