Nicholas Rosenlicht, MD

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. Founder and served for 15 years as the director of the UCSF-VAMC Mood Disorders Clinic.

What’s Wrong with Mental Health Care?

December 9, 2024

Kellie Newsome, PMHNP, Chris Aiken, MD, and Nicholas Rosenlicht, MD

We talk with Nick Rosenlicht, MD about what’s gone wrong in the mental health care system.

Another Black Eye for Prazosin in PTSD?

August 1, 2019

Nicholas Rosenlicht, MD

Nicholas Rosenlicht, MD Dr. Rosenlicht has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Recent trials cast doubt on prazosin’s role in PTSD, but there are reasons to doubt their results.

Insomnia and Substance Use Disorders

April 10, 2019

Nicholas Rosenlicht, MD

Nicholas Rosenlicht, MD

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. Founder and served for 15 years as the director of the UCSF-VAMC Mood Disorders Clinic. Dr. Rosenlicht has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Sleep problems are common in recovery, and they have many causes such as withdrawal states, circadian rhythm disruptions, and a host of psychiatric and medical comorbidities. It’s a two-way street: Insomnia raises the risk of substance misuse, and addiction can cause or worsen sleep problems.