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Boozy Memory Blocking Reduces Risk of Relapse among Alcohol Abusers
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Genes Involved in Birth Defects May Also Lead to Mental Illness
Gene mutations that lead to major birth defects may also cause subtle disruptions in the brain that contribute to psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, autism and bipolar disorder, according to new research by UCSF scientists.
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Alcohol Addiction Relapse Might Be Thwarted By Turning Off Brain Trigger
Researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UCSF have been able to identify and deactivate a brain pathway linked to memories that cause alcohol cravings in rats.
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Severe Hypoglycemia Begets Dementia, and Vice Versa
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First Hmong UCSF-Fresno Psychiatrist Graduates
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Couples Who Post About Relationships on Facebook Experience Greater Happiness
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Fewer than Six Hours of Sleep a Night and Waking Too Early 'Increases Heart Disease in Women'
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Feeling Angry, Try Talking!
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Poor Sleep Linked to Worsening of Heart Disease in Women
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PTSD May Be Prevented, Researchers Find
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Enzyme Tied to Depression Found
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Psychiatrists Ponder Gay Mental Health
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Defining My Dyslexia
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Depression Linked to Telomere Enzyme, Aging, Chronic Disease
UCSF researchers have found that activity of an enzyme called telomerase is greater, on average, within cells of the immune systems of individuals untreated for major depression.
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Mental Disorders Manual Under Fire
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Childhood ADHD Linked to Obesity in Adulthood
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Revised Manual of Mental Disorders Stirs Controversy
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Why Is Psychiatry's New Manual So Much Like the Old One?
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Shaking Off Loneliness
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute Names Two UCSF Scientists as New Investigators
Two UCSF scientists — brain researcher Michael Brainard, PhD, and cell biologist Dyche Mullins, PhD — have been selected to be Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators.
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UCSF Tests New Approach to Treating Veterans with PTSD
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Antidepressants Linked with Increased Risks After Surgery
Some of the most widely prescribed antidepressant medications are associated with increased risk of bleeding, transfusion, hospital readmission and death when taken around the time of surgery, according to an analysis co-led by UCSF.
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‘Viagra for the Brain’ Seduces America’s Go-Getters
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Stress Has Unexpected Health Benefits – Sometimes
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Nearly Half of Adolescents Lack a Patient-Centered Medical Home
Adolescence is a unique period of change when many mental health disorders are known to first emerge, yet nearly half of adolescents are lacking coordinated and continuous health care that could identify symptoms early, according to a new UCSF study.
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Skylab II, Reading Your Dreams and Addiction Fighting Lasers
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Laser Light Zaps Away Cocaine Addiction
By stimulating one part of the brain with laser light, researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UCSF have shown that they can wipe away addictive behavior in rats – or conversely turn non-addicted rats into compulsive cocaine seekers.
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Psychological Challenges of a Manned Mission to Mars
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Cold Symptoms May Depend on Length of Chromosome Cap