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Harnessing our Collective Resilience: Educators Discuss Burnout, Mental Health

The second installment in the university’s Equity in Mental Health Event series brought together educators from across campus for two days of workshops that equipped them to transform their classrooms and research labs into “resilient spaces” that empower all students to thrive.

Breakthrough Clinical Psychology Program Funded by UC San Diego Alumnus

…Advisors, feels that poor mental health affects not only one’s personal well-being, but that of those around them and the entire economy “because people are more productive when they’re happier.” Two years ago, this belief led him to donate $400,000 to increase mental health services to students at the University…

Poorer Mental Health Smolders After Deadly, Devastating Wildfire

UC San Diego researchers report that climate change is a chronic mental health stressor, and promotes a variety of mental health problems. The 2018 Camp Fire is a case study.

Study Reveals the Job Problems Contributing to Physician Suicide

UC San Diego Health study identifies the main job stressors contributing to physician suicides.

Pandemic Lockdowns Had Severe Mental Health Consequences for Women in the Developing World

While potentially crucial to preventing the spread of COVID-19, lockdowns are associated with increased rates of depression and anxiety as well as food insecurity among women in India and other parts of the developing world, according to a new research. Credit: Travel Wild/iStock.

Building a Culture of Care

Highlighting a collective impact approach, UC San Diego’s most recent Equity in Mental Health series event centered on the experiences of Black male college students.

Zafiris J. Daskalakis, MD, PhD, Named Chair of the Department of Psychiatry

Zafiris J. “Jeff” Daskalakis, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of Psychiatry at University of California San Diego School of Medicine.

‘Creating a Safe Space for Yourself and Others’

Board members from Active Minds, a student organization dedicated to starting and changing conversations about mental health, share about their journeys with mental health advocacy.

Graying but Grinning: Despite Physical Ailments, Older Adults Happier

While even the best wines eventually peak and turn to vinegar, a new study by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine suggests a paradoxical trend in the mental health of aging adults: They seem to consistently get better over time.

Study Identifies Predictors of Psychiatric Events During Drug-Assisted Smoking Cessation

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine have identified a clear group of characteristics that predict heightened risk for experiencing increased anxiety or worsening of mood that interferes with daily activities when using a smoking cessation drug.