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 […]
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. […]
UC Irvine discovery offers new therapeutic target for treating mental illness
Parklike setting was most effective in reducing physiological and affective stress
Roxane Cohen Silver leads UCI team awarded a RAPID grant to begin survey
Research by Alison Holman finds negative mental, physical outcomes possible even if you weren’t there
The pandemic has caused much uncertainty, anxiety and stress, touching on every aspect of our lives. The impact of work stressors on the severity of COVID-19, particularly among essential workers, is discussed in an editorial published online in the April 2021 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and co-authored by UCI’s Peter Schnall, professor emeritus […]
Genuine smile also blunts stress-induced physiological responses, UCI-led study finds
Life 101 teaches students self-care, healthy habits and how to manage stress
Commentary appears online in the journal Nature Human Behaviour