The Best Treatment for Insomnia Usually Isn’t a Pill
Cognitive behaviorial therapy for insomnia, the gold-standard intervention, also suggests benefits for well-being.
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Why Can’t I Sleep?
Insomnia is miserable, and lost sleep can harm our health. Now, researchers are seeing the promise of solutions in our genes.
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To Prevent Delirium, Increase Mobility, Connection and Sleep
UCSF researchers wanted to see if simple tweaks, like avoiding nighttime interruptions to promote sleep, nixing certain prescription drugs, and promoting exercise and social engagement, could decrease delirium in hospitalized older adults.
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Feeling Re-Entry Anxiety? Expert Advice on Navigating COVID-19 Reopenings
As COVID-19 vaccinations continue, and cities and states move toward full re-opening, many people are feeling re-entry anxiety.
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Trauma Children in Gaza Experience Is Unlike Anywhere Else in the World
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New UCSF Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building Will Stand as a Statement Against Stigma
Scheduled to open this fall, the 150,000-square-foot Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building, designed by ZGF Architects with input from more than 100 UCSF faculty and staff, will be a state-of-the-art facility that co-locates mental and physical health care.
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Cancer Patients Lonely and Depressed During COVID-19 Pandemic
Loneliness and social isolation have been significant problems for the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic, but for cancer patients these issues were particularly acute, likely due to isolation and social distancing, according to a new UCSF study.
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Frontline Health Workers Across US Faced Unique Stressors During COVID-19
The study is among the first to assess mental health effects of the pandemic at a geographically diverse sample of emergency rooms.
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Accelerated Cellular Aging Associated with Mortality Seen in Depressed Individuals
Cells from individuals with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) were found to have higher than expected rates of methylation at specific sites on their DNA, when compared to cells from healthy individuals without MDD, according to a study by a multidisciplinary team of UCSF, in collaboration with others.
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For COVID-19 Long-Haulers, Few Answers, But Meditation and Peer Support Offer Some Relief
While researchers are still striving to understand why some patients experience these “long-haul” symptoms, two UCSF clinicians from complimentary specialties have teamed up to create an integrative medicine skills program that can give such patients better tools to cope with the debilitating symptoms.
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A Better Way to Zap Our Brains
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COVID Long-Haulers Find Relief Among Fellow Sufferers on Road to Recovery
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‘Hidden Biological Link’ Among Autism Genes Revealed in Study
A new study of autism risk genes by UCSF and UC Berkeley scientists implicates disruption in prenatal neurogenesis – a process in which specialized “progenitor” cells give rise to new brain cells – in the development of autism spectrum disorders.
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Personalized Brain Stimulation Alleviates Severe Depression Symptoms
Depression is among the most common psychiatric disorders, affecting as many as 264 million people worldwide and leading to hundreds of thousands of deaths per year. But as many as 30 percent of patients do not respond to standard treatments such as medication or psychotherapy.
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Explanations for ‘Long COVID’ Remain Elusive. For Now, Believing Patients and Treating Symptoms Is the Best Doctors Can Do
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New Intervention to Help Children With Trauma Will Treat the Whole Family
Experts now believe it’s most effective to treat the whole family when traumas occur. UCSF researchers plan to develop a “Whole Family Wellness” intervention that integrates resources from Medi-Cal clinics with outside agencies and test it over a three-year period.
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Astonishing Animals That Illuminate Human Health
Giant lizards with superpowered hearts. Hairless rodents that don’t seem to age. Songbirds that babble like human babies. These and other scurrying, soaring, and slithering wonders are teaching scientists how our own bodies work – and how to fix them.
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Children With Dyslexia Show Stronger Emotional Responses
Children with dyslexia who watched emotionally evocative videos showed increased physiological and behavioral responses when compared to children without dyslexia.
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COVID Cravings Drive Us to the Fridge in Search of Comfort Food
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Election Angst? In States that Back Losing Nominee, Residents’ Mental Health May Falter
Whether a Trump triumph or a Biden victory, millions of Americans may expect a decline in their mental health if they live in states that favor the losing candidate. And the higher the margin of victory for the losing candidate, the greater the number of days of stress and depression for residents in those states.
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There’s A Lot of Uncertainty Right Now – This is What Science Says That Does to Our Minds, Bodies
But what is uncertainty? What’s going on in the brain when we feel uncertain? And how might long-term uncertainty experienced by an entire population affect community health?
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Genetic Testing Leads to ‘Awakening’ for Developmentally Delayed, ‘Nearly Catatonic’ Teen
Lisa had a rare mutation that meant she was not able to combine two words until she was 3, and she didn’t take part in imaginative play until she was 10. Could a drug for MS be repurposed to help her?
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The Psychological Threats of Climate Change and Wildfires Are Now Here – This Site Can Help You Cope
To provide mental health resources for to deal with the climate crisis, UCSF’s Department of Psychiatry has created a new website dedicated to coping strategies.
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I’m a Black Psychiatrist. I’m Never Prepared for the Emptiness and Grief I Feel When Police Shoot a Black Person
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Combating Pandemic Fatigue
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Higher-Calorie Diets for Patients with Anorexia Nervosa Shorten Hospital Stays
A new study led by UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and the Stanford University School of Medicine indicates that patients get well faster by providing more calories and increasing them quickly.
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Apathy Could Lead to a Greater Risk of Dementia, Study Finds
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An ‘Awe Walk’ Might Do Wonders for Your Well-Being
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‘Awe Walks’ Boost Emotional Well-Being
Older adults who took weekly 15-minute “awe walks” for eight weeks reported increased positive emotions and less distress in their daily lives.
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Hinshaw Receives National Academy of Medicine’s Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health
Hinshaw’s work spans developmental psychopathology, clinical interventions with children and adolescents, and program development related to reducing the pervasive stigmatization of mental illness.
