Stephen P. Hinshaw, PhD
Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC San Francisco
Co-Director, UCSF-UC Berkeley Schwab Dyslexia and Cognitive Diversity Center and the UCSF Child, Teen, and Family Center
Dr. Stephen P. Hinshaw is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UC San Francisco. He co-directs the UCSF-UC Berkeley Schwab Dyslexia and Cognitive Diversity Center and the UCSF Child, Teen, and Family Center. His research focuses on developmental psychopathology, youth/young-adult mental health (particularly ADHD), sex and gender differences, risk for self-harm, and clinical trials to understand mechanisms underlying success in treatment—both pharmacologic and psychosocial. He also investigates mental illness stigmatization and attempts to reduce such stigma, chiefly through humanization.
Dr. Hinshaw has authored over 410 articles, chapters, and commentaries plus 13 books; his memoir, “Another Kind of Madness: A Journey through the Stigma and Hope of Mental Illness,” won the award for Best Book in Memoir/Autobiography from the American BookFest in 2018. His latest book is “Straight Talk about Girls with ADHD” (Guilford, 2022). He has won numerous international research awards, including the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science, the Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award from the American Psychological Association (and from the Society for Research in Child Development) and the Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health from the National Academy of Medicine. He was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2021. He is also an award-winning teacher and mentor. His extensive media coverage includes the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Today Show, and many more.