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The Be Well OC Mobile Crisis Response Team standing in front of the Be Well OC van.

New program will provide prompt mental health support at UC Irvine

Campus is partnering with Be Well OC Mobile Crisis Response Team

Tallie Z. Baram

UCI awarded grant to study sex-specific brain pathway responses to stress

UCI has been awarded a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the sex-specific differences in circuits that connect the brain’s stress and reward centers. Building on the earlier discovery of how brain circuit operation is disrupted by exposure to early-life adversity, researchers will study the emergence of gender as […]

UCI researchers receive $600,000 grant from the Cyrus Tang Foundation

Collaborative project aims to develop interventions for mental disorders in China

Karishma Muthukumar and her brother Pratyush.

Bringing emotional intelligence to artificial intelligence

UCI alumni siblings to present at UN’s AI for Good 2023 global summit

Alejandro Benitez

Getting a head start on healthcare

UCI student volunteers prepare for medical school by making a difference locally and abroad

Group of people

UCI and IUSD experts featured at Mental Health Resources for Parents forum

The University of California, Irvine recently hosted the “Mental Health Resources for Parents” panel discussion featuring campus and Irvine Unified School District experts to provide insights for parents into how to support their children’s mental health. Growing up is a difficult process and helping kids smoothly navigate the many changes they encounter is always challenging. […]

Tallie Z. Baram

Early-life stress can disrupt maturation of brain’s reward circuits, promoting disorders

UC Irvine discovery offers new therapeutic target for treating mental illness

UCI researchers discover crucial role of brain’s striatum cilia in time perception

Results reveal possible new therapeutic targets for mental and neurological disorders

Research participants were shown three five-minute, 360-degree videos of urban environments: one depicting a parklike setting, the second consisting of a street view with green space, and the third featuring a street view without green space.

UCI-led study finds virtual green space exposure beneficial to pregnant women

Parklike setting was most effective in reducing physiological and affective stress

Stephen Schueller (left) and Adrian Aguilera (right)

NIH funds collaboration to improve mental health treatment for Latinos

UCI, UCB and UCSF researchers aim to enhance use of digital interventions