The Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program includes the biological, psychological and socio-cultural aspects of psychiatry and strives to prepare residents for successful careers emphasizing clinical practice, scholarship, teaching and research.
Each department within the UCSF Weill Institute features nationally renowned centers, clinics and programs dedicated to advancing the full spectrum of brain health.
Core Departments and Programs
Department of Neurological Surgery
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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The Alcoholism and Addiction Research Group works to understand the neural mechanisms of the drug actions that mediate reward and on mechanisms of learning and memory -- phenomena that play key roles in the addictive process.
One of 18 research centers funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the Alcohol Center for Translational Genetics focuses on validating new candidate genes as targets for therapeutics and as risk factors for alcohol use disorders.
The Alliance Health Project is a division of the Department of Psychiatry at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center whose mission is to support the mental health and wellness of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ), and HIV-affected communities in constructing healthy and meaningful lives.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive, fatal disease that attacks nerve cells and pathways in the brain and spinal cord causing the body's motor neurons to waste away. The ALS's mission is to minimize suffering from this disease, and allow patients to lead more autonomous lives.
The Anxiety Disorders Clinic at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute is a multidisciplinary specialty clinic that provides evaluation and treatment for individuals with all types of anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder (PD), social anxiety disorder or social phobia (SocP), specific phobias (SP), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and other types of anxiety symptoms.