UCSF Psychiatry News

A study in Neurology, led by Yue Leng, PhD, and Sasha Milton, followed the sleep patterns of 733 older female participants to see if specific patterns of change were associated with a higher risk of dementia. The participants, whose average age was 83, were monitored by wrist devices that track movement and time spent asleep.

The UC San Francisco Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program (RTP) announced that it will welcome a full cohort of 16 new resident physicians into its Class of 2028 following the release of the National Resident Matching Program's 2025 Main Residency Match results.

Similarly, Anna Victoria Molofsky, MD, PhD, who studies neuropsychiatric diseases, and Martin Kampmann, PhD, who studies neurodegenerative diseases, have different focuses, but their work overlaps, and they often collaborate. So, it’s fitting that both Kampmann and Molofsky are 2025 recipients of the Bowes Biomedical Investigator award.

Four early career researchers from the UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences have been recognized for their outstanding original research with the department's annual Grand Rounds Trainee Research Award.

The UC San Francisco Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program (RTP) has announced its new chief residents for the upcoming 2025-2026 academic year.

The UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences will host the 19th Robert S. Wallerstein Lecture in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, from 1:00–4:00 p.m. PDT at the UCSF Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building. The event's keynote lecture, "On the Double Provenance of the Unconscious: Psychic Life at the Intersection of the Individual and the Group," will be delivered by this year's honoree, Francisco J. González, MD.

Taking longer to enter the dream phase can disrupt the ability to consolidate memories and interfere with emotion regulation.

Forty percent of high school students say they feel sad and hopeless, and 20% have seriously considered suicide. A chronic shortage of mental health experts has made the problem worse, but UC San Francisco has created a way for all California youth to access quality mental health care.

Mindfulness meditation may reduce work-related stress, as it seeks to encourage awareness of the present moment and promote self-regulation. While workplaces have invested in in-person mindfulness programs, these formats cannot be easily scaled and disseminated, making them less cost-effective and leaving many without adequate opportunities for reducing stress.

The UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is pleased to announce the return of its special distinguished visiting lectureship series highlighting the integration of biological sciences and psychiatry in honor of Jeanne and Sanford Robertson Endowed Chair and Department Chair Emeritus Samuel Barondes, MD.