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Semel Institute awarded $15M to establish new integrative phenotyping center
The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA has been awarded $14.9 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to establish a center dedicated to interdisciplinary research on the role of genetic and environmental factors in neuropsychiatric and behavioral disorders.
Semel Institute’s Mindful Music program plans 40 recitals for 2017–18
The series is part of the UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative, which was envisioned and funded by philanthropists Terry and Jane Semel.
Teen depression and anxiety are topic of Semel program showcasing new documentary
Director Jen Greenstreet discusses mental health with UCLA Health psychiatrist Dr. Artha Gillis.
Ashley Judd opens up about emotional resilience during Friends of Semel program
A support network was crucial to helping the actress-activist process her mother’s death earlier this year.
Autistic young adults harness ‘superpowers’ toward employment in biotech
PEERS for Careers offers skills training for job seekers through UCLA’s Semel Institute.
UCLA helps many to live long and prosper
Through collaboration across campus and across disciplines, UCLA has improved the medical prognosis of millions of people in the past 10 years.
UCLA Health team develops new mouse model to shed light on the mystery surrounding Huntington’s disease onset and improve the targeting of potential therapies
Researchers at the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have developed a new mouse model of Huntington’s disease that recapitulates more Huntington’s disease-like characteristics than earlier models, providing new clues to the disease and giving researchers a powerful new tool to test new therapies.
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Study predicts HIV drug resistance will surge
New research based on a novel mathematical model predicts that a wave of drug-resistant HIV strains will emerge in San Francisco within the next five years.
The Psychedelic Rx: Hallucinogens May Treat Mental Health Issues.
Scientists work to demonstrate the promise of hallucinogens to treat a variety of mental-health issues.
UCLA mind-body programs help people de-stress
The UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative helps campus community deal with stress
Removing brain cells linked to wakefulness and addiction may lessen symptoms of opioid withdrawal
A study in mice led by UCLA researchers shows that removing chemical messengers in the brain that are involved in both wakefulness and addiction may make withdrawal from opioids easier and help prevent relapse.
Poor health, lifestyle factors linked to memory complaints, even among younger adults
If you’re depressed, don’t get enough exercise or have high blood pressure, you may find yourself complaining more about memory problems, even if you’re a young adult, according to a new UCLA study.
UCLA psychiatrist’s opera delivers hopeful message on living with mental illness
The new opera composed by UCLA Health psychiarist Ken Wells continues the story of Elyn Saks, a renowned scholar who overcame schizophrenia.