UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Next week, join us on Wednesday 3/11 for our next Distinguished Visiting Child and Adolescent Lecturer Series #GrandRounds – “Pediatric Mental Health Emergencies” with Jennifer A. Hoffmann, MD.

More info here, https://calendar.ucsf.edu/event/260311gr.

#Research Readings: Daughters-in-law’s perceptions and experiences with MILAP, a family-based intervention to reduce intimate partner violence and improve mental health in Nepal

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00737-025-01643-5

Our next DPBS #GrandRounds – “Interpersonal Psychopharmacology: Prioritizing Life, Recovery, and the Relationship in the Care of the Person Experiencing Homelessness” with Anthony Carino, MD – is scheduled for March 10.

To access the livestream, visit psychiatry.ucsf.edu/watchgrandrounds

#Research Readings: A qualitative exploration of community perception on dementia and dementia care in Nepal

https://academic.oup.com/innovateage/article/9/Supplement_2/igaf122.4053/8409016

#Research Readings: Editorial: Keeping time with the 24-hour brain: what rest-activity rhythms reveal about #Dementia risk

https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000214599

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UCSF DPBS Trainee Research Award Presentations with Megan E. Mikhail, PhD and Simar Singh, PhD.

To access the Zoom livestream, visit psychiatry.ucsf.edu/watchgrandrounds

#Research Readings: Culturally competent mental health care for imprisoned Black survivors of sex trafficking

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23322705.2025.2609000

Outpatient initiation of direct-to-inject buprenorphine Fentanyl-involved overdose deaths have surged, yet buprenorphine remains underutilized for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment, partly due to the risk…

#Research Readings: Outpatient initiation of direct-to-inject #buprenorphine

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871625004648

📅 Save the Date | April 1, 2026

Join us for the 20th Robert S. Wallerstein Lecture in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy hosted by the University of California, San Francisco.

✨ Free and open to the public (geared toward professionals)

🔗 Registration required, https://psych.ucsf.edu/wallerstein.

#Research Readings: Expenditures for #pediatric behavioral health care over time and estimated family financial burden

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2842604

The NOD (Naltrexone for Overdose Prevention) study protocol: a pilot randomized controlled trial of intramuscular naltrexone for opioid overdose prevention among people who use stimulants living with or at risk for HIV - Addiction Science & Clinical Practice Drug-related mortality in the United States continues to transform, marked by a surge in overdose deaths involving both fentanyl and stimulants. This patte

#Research Readings: The NOD (#Naltrexone for #Overdose Prevention) study protocol: a pilot randomized controlled trial of intramuscular #naltrexone for #opioid overdose prevention among people who use stimulants living with or at risk for #HIV

https://ow.ly/ZoHc50YhK4G

#Research Readings: Self-perceived life course #sleep duration trajectories and risk and age at onset of #ParkinsonsDisease

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41531-025-01202-w

Using Incentivization as a Strategy to Improve Implementation of a Motivational Interviewing Brief Intervention for Substance Use Disorders in HIV Settings: Results of a 26-Site Parallel Groups Cluster-Randomized Type-3 Hybrid Trial - PubMed The addition a staff-focused INC strategy improved implementation of an evidence-based brief intervention for adults with comorbid HIV and SUD, and also reduced anxiety. To help improve the integration of evidence-based SUD services in HSOs across the United States, use of the ISF + TFC + INC strate …

#Research Readings: Using incentivization as a strategy to improve implementation of a motivational interviewing brief intervention for #SubstanceUseDisorders in #HIV settings: Results of a 26-site parallel groups cluster-randomized type-3 hybrid trial

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41362630/

We remember Joanne R. Wile, MSW, LCSW, longtime UCSF clinical professor, who passed away June 4, 2025 at 79. Over 27 years at UCSF and San Francisco General Hospital, she led social work training and psychiatric services with energy, clarity, and compassion.

More here, https://ow.ly/zbBZ50Yitel.

A recent study found that children facing stressors can experience different outcomes based on age, emotional regulation, caregiver relationships, and environment. Findings show caregiver well-being is critical, and early interventions can improve long-term health.

https://ow.ly/v3GV50Y5JxH

Understanding community health workers' readiness to provide hyperlipidemia-related self-management support in rural Nepal: a biphasic mixed-methods evaluation - PubMed FCHVs want to provide hyperlipidemia counseling. Despite our trainings and FCHV's perceived self-efficacy, knowledge gap persisted. FCHVs' workload, inadequate incentives and knowledge were important barriers. Balanced workload, regular trainings and adequate incentives are important to engage FCHVs …

#Research Readings: Understanding community health workers' readiness to provide hyperlipidemia-related self-management support in rural Nepal: a biphasic mixed-methods evaluation

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41351156/

Longtime UCSF clinical professor and mental health advocate Joanne R. Wile, MSW, LCSW, passed away on June 4, 2025 at 79 years old.

A celebration of life for Wile will be held this Sat., Feb. 21, at 2pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley.

More here, https://ow.ly/IogU50Yisgc.

The Effectiveness of Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Treat Insomnia Disorder in US Adults: Nationwide Decentralized Randomized Controlled Trial - PubMed ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05541055; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05541055.

#Research Readings: The effectiveness of digital #CognitiveBehavioralTherapy to treat #insomnia disorder in US adults: Nationwide decentralized randomized controlled trial

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41343796/

Factors Influencing Pediatric Primary Care Providers' Perceived Capacity to Address Behavioral Health Needs - PubMed Availability of psychiatric consultation via CPAPs may enhance PPCPs' ability to manage behavioral health issues within primary care.

#Research Readings: Factors influencing #pediatric primary care providers' perceived capacity to address #behavioral health needs

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41331831/

In a recent study of older adults without dementia at baseline, research has found that family history, APOE4, polygenic risk, and cardiovascular risk each contributed to dementia onset. According to researchers, risk rose steeply as factors accumulated.

https://ow.ly/i4fa50Yfh9F

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!

Today, we celebrate the brilliant minds breaking barriers and inspiring future generations. #WomenInScience #GirlsInScience

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UCSF #GrandRounds – "Multidisciplinary Solutions for Systemic Problems: Responding to Childhood Trauma and Family Violence" with Anne P. DePrince, PhD.

To access the Zoom livestream, visit psychiatry.ucsf.edu/watchgrandrounds

Today's #GrandRounds with Shira Maguen, PhD – "Moral Injury: Research, Measurement, and Clinical Care" –is now available to watch on demand.

🖥💻📱➡️ https://youtu.be/IcIkstw1Ml0?si=NLopCwmmWoFoJJzz

"Walk With Me" Film Screening and Panel Conversation We are delighted to present the San Francisco premiere of the feature documentary Walk With Me, a beautiful story of love and perseverance in the face of dementia. This film is executive produced by…

🎬 San Francisco Premiere Film Screening & Panel Conversation
Walk With Me — a powerful documentary on love, resilience & living with dementia.

🗓 Mon, Feb 23 | 4:30–7 pm PT
📍 Sandler Auditorium, UCSF

Talkback w/ director Heidi Levitt, Charlie Hess, and UCSF's Dr. Bruce Miller.
🎟 Free
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Population-Level Evidence That Alcohol Brief Interventions Improve Drinking and Blood Pressure Outcomes in Patients With Hypertension and Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: Vol 87, No 1 Objective: Hypertension is highly prevalent in primary care. Unhealthy alcohol use can impact its management and associated cardiovascular disease risks. Alcohol screening and brief intervention (ASBI) in primary care is effective for early intervention for unhealthy use, yet its effectiveness in heterogeneous populations in real-world settings remains unclear. Using electronic health records, we emulated a pragmatic clinical trial to evaluate the effects of receiving ASBI on drinking and blood pressure (BP) outcomes among primary care patients with hypertension and unhealthy alcohol use. Method: This observational study identified 72,979 patients with hypertension who screened positive for unhealthy drinking between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2017. We used a target trial framework to compare the effects of receiving ASBI (intervention) to not receiving brief intervention (comparison) on drinking (change in heavy drinking days and drinks/week) and BP outcomes (changes in diastolic and systolic BP) from baseline to 2- and 5-year follow-ups. Treatment effect estimates were obtained using inverse probability–weighted models. Results: At 2 years, the intervention condition had about 0.2 fewer heavy drinking days and about 0.1 fewer drinks/week than the comparison condition. The intervention condition had an additional 0.5 mmHg and 0.7 mmHg decline in diastolic and systolic BP, and 8% and 6% higher odds of having a ≥3 mmHg reduction in diastolic and systolic BP, respectively, than the comparison condition. Between-group differences in both outcomes diminished at 5 years. Conclusions: The modest changes in drinking and BP we found contribute to the emerging evidence that brief intervention may benefit broader health outcomes at the population level.

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UCSF DPBS #GrandRounds – "Mental Health Evaluations and Testimony and Their Role in the Courtroom" with Hon. Garrett L. Wong (Ret.)

This presentation will also be streamed live via Zoom. To connect to the livestream, visit psychiatry.ucsf.edu/watchgrandrounds.

Research finds that children exposed to similar stressors can have different outcomes depending on age, emotional regulation, caregiver relationships, and neighborhood quality. According to researchers, early interventions can improve lifelong health.

https://ow.ly/KPIn50Y5IFg

Research has found that childhood stress does not impact just one outcome at a time— stress can simultaneously affect mental health, physical health, learning, behavior according to researchers.

More here, https://psych.ucsf.edu/news/trauma-or-toxic-deep-dive-impact-stress-kids-health

In a recent study, researchers reviewed decades of evidence showing that #stress —from before birth through adolescence—can shape children’s physical health, mental health, behavior, and learning outcomes long before adulthood.

Read here for more: https://ow.ly/3AyJ50Y5Iwf

Trauma or Toxic? A Deep Dive into the Impact of Stress on Kids’ Health UCSF researchers found evidence that stress occurring as early as before birth or as late as adolescence can affect multiple conditions in kids, from asthma to mental health to cognitive functioning.

Excited to share this Annual Review synthesizing 75+ yrs of research (150+ studies) on stress effects--from pregnancy through adolescence--on children’s mental, physical, social, and functional health. This review fills a critical gap & finds pervasive stress effects. www.ucsf.edu/news/2026/01...