mental health

The team discovers a biological marker that may help to identify youths at risk of poor outcomes and prevent cognitive decline.

UCLA study shows that delivering weight-management services online offers a convenient way to produce substantial improvements in health, at a relatively low cost.

The study is the first to evaluate the medication as a possible treatment for alcoholism.

New UCLA research finds that mental sharpness in women begins to decline as early as their 50s.

The pain of loneliness can cut deeper than a knife. But its implications go beyond inner turmoil and the corrosion of emotional health. It can contribute to a host of debilitating and sometimes lethal diseases.

Joan Asarnow is working on a pair of projects aimed at combating rising suicide rates among young people and changing prevention and care throughout the U.S.

The findings could help improve upon standard behavioral therapy, in which people are exposed to the objects they’re afraid of — which can be frightening enough that some cannot complete treatment.

If winter days get you down, you’re not alone. You may have seasonal affective disorder, a type of depression triggered by the change of seasons.

UCLA’s Bonnie Zima and colleagues found that the number of pediatric hospitalizations that included a psychiatric diagnosis rose 138 percent between 2005 and 2014.

Among the strategies that people use to cope with the disorder are avoiding stressful situations, staying away from alcohol and drugs, and trying to interact with people who are supportive and non-judgmental.

Research co-authored by UCLA professor Mark Kaplan attempted to explain how different aspects of an economic downturn affect suicide rates and alcohol-related suicides in particular.

The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation recently honored four UCLA scientists for their transformative work in schizophrenia with 2016 outstanding achievement prizes, among the most prestigious given in the field of psychiatric research.

A study by UCLA researchers found that a noninvasive method can help to determine whether an individual will enter remission after just one week of medical treatment.

A UCLA study used 3D chromosome-mapping technology to advance understanding of disorder’s cause. The work provides important new information about how schizophrenia originates and could lead to better treatments.

UCLA study shows that people participating in workplace fitness programs also see improved mental health.

UCLA study shows that 42 percent of girls with ADHD were diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder, compared with just 5 percent of girls without it.

Mindfulness, a practice that’s growing in popularity, has made its way into classrooms in Watts, thanks to the UCLA Center for Child Anxiety Resilience and Support.

Study shows that the Behavioral Health Associates program provides health benefits and reduces costs by integrating primary care and mental health services.

"The Center Cannot Hold" tells the life story of Elyn Saks, professor of psychiatry and law, whose schizophrenic episodes began when she was in high school and worsened when she was a student at Yale Law School.

The center offers therapeutic leisure activities, exercise classes, art therapy, cognition improvement strategies, and health and nutrition education to help MS patients.

Free screening of a documentary about WBNA player Chamique Holdsclaw, who emerged as an inspiring mental health advocate following a long struggle with depression.

A UCLA policy brief recommends that veterans’ mental health status be continuously monitored throughout their lives, not just when emergencies arise.

Participants will have access to highly individualized, intensive treatment that draws on UCLA’s nationally recognized expertise in neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry and integrative medicine.

UCLA researchers found that workouts, in addition to brain games, appear to trigger a protein that restores connections between neurons.

Psychology professor A. Janet Tomiyama notes that some 34.4 million of the 70 million-plus Americans categorized as “overweight” by BMI were perfectly healthy.