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Celebrating 50 Years of NPIH

The UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI) was founded in the post World War II era, as a research, education and treatment center with the mission to serve those citizens who suffer chronic psychiatric and neurological disease and behavioral disorder. Initially supported entirely by state funds from the California Department of Mental Hygiene, the Neuropsychiatric Institute, and the Hospital (NPH) that is integral to its provision of clinical care, opened their doors in 1961.

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Suma Jacob, MD, PhD Announced as Director, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Suma Jacob, MD, PhD is a distinguished child-adolescent-adult psychiatrist as well as a neuroscientist who is widely recognized for her research in neuroendrocrinology and neurodevelopmental disorders across the lifespan.

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Semel Institute Ranks 4th at UCLA in Grant Funding

This year, external gifts to the Semel Institute grew to $21.5M from $18M in 2023.

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UCLA PEERS for Preschoolers Training

January 29-31, 2025 Live on Zoom 8AM to 5PM PT

For mental health professionals, school-based professionals, medical professionals, speech and language pathologists, occupational, recreational, and behavioral therapists, and other professionals who work with children 4-6 years of age with social challenges.

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