November 13, 2014
…their service and bring awareness to the problem of suicide among the veteran community. “We always look forward to joining other student veteran organizations from colleges and universities across San Diego at the parade,” said Olsen. “It was an honor to march alongside many of the heroes that served in…
May 4, 2023
For 10 years, UC San Diego’s Center for Gender Equity and Health has been working to make the underrated and underreported issue of gender-based violence visible. A forum last week, brought together dozens of government agencies, nonprofits and community-led efforts across the state.
October 29, 2020
…disorder and schizophrenia to suicide in youth,” said Garcia-Rangel. “The program also gave us a space to process the world around us, like the effects of the pandemic and social justice issues. We were all able to support each other in this ever-changing, challenging and growing world that we’re living…
October 21, 2021
…are dead, one by suicide last year. She is twice-divorced, and her only child no longer speaks to her—she suspects because his wife doesn’t like her—which means she does not get to watch her 10-year-old grandson grow up. “This is not how I thought being 71 would be,” Givens said,…
June 13, 2013
…can even end in suicide. With treatment, as many as nine out of 10 people recover.” Judd has spent his career–both as an active scientist and as a leader in the profession of psychiatry–trying to prove that point with empirical data. To a large degree, he and like-minded peers have…
February 23, 2023
Tage Rai is a psychologist and assistant professor of management at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management. He co-authored the book, “Virtuous Violence” outlining research which finds that most acts of violence are driven by moral motives on the part of perpetrators.
March 16, 2023
A culturally affirming, community-led transformation model pioneered by the UC San Diego Refugee Health Unit will be replicated across California, providing vital academic and social support to newly arrived Afghan youth and families during resettlement.
November 1, 2024
Throughout the day-long event, participants exchanged views on current issues in health and medicine, from addiction to hospital cybersecurity.
December 11, 2013
In a novel study of U.S. Marines investigating the association between traumatic brain injury and the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder over time, a team of scientists led by researchers from the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System and University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that TBIs…
April 22, 2016
Compared to the nicotine patch and a placebo, the smoking cessation aids varenicline (marketed as Chantix in the U.S.) and bupropion (Zyban) do not show a significant increase in neuropsychiatric adverse events, reports an international team of researchers in a study published online April 22 in the journal The Lancet.
