This National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded postdoctoral program is offered by the UCSF Weill Institute for Neuroscience's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Our program is one ...

The Learning for Early Careers in Addiction and Development (LEAD) training program was developed to support the efforts of assistant professors and post-doctoral scholars from all backgrounds to ...

The Hyperactivity, Attention, and Learning Problems (HALP) Clinic is a clinical and research program devoted to promoting mental health in youth from preschool to ...

Opened in 2022, the UCSF Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building is a one-of-a-kind treatment center that aims to redefine mental health services and make a bold statement against stigma. Situated ...

When Tom Solis, a renowned chef and baker, fell ill with AIDS in the 1990s, he believed he would soon die. But breakthrough drugs called protease inhibitors quickly put him back on a path to a fairly ...

Adversity experienced during a person’s childhood has far-reaching consequences. Years of research have shown that trauma and adverse events in childhood can put a person at an elevated risk for a ...

The Division of Trauma Recovery Services encompasses four community-based mental health programs — the Child and Adolescent Support Advocacy and Resource Center (CASARC), the Trauma Recovery Center ...

Mental health and emotional well-being hit an all-time low during the COVID-19 pandemic, but psychological problems continue to afflict many people in the U.S. Work stress may be a primary contributor ...

One in every 50 adults and children have experienced symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), which is among the top ten causes of disability worldwide among young adults. Tic disorders ...

The UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences offers a one- or two-year fellowship in Global Mental Health in partnership with HEAL Initiative. The goal of this innovative and rigorous ...

The San Francisco VA Health Care System is recruiting for a two-year postdoctoral advanced fellowship program in mental health research and treatment with a focus on the neurobiology of schizophrenia.

Psilocybin, a natural compound found in certain mushrooms, has shown promise in treating depression and anxiety. UC San Francisco researchers wanted to know if it could be used to help Parkinson’s ...