"For several years, people have been very concerned about the potential for medical marijuana laws to lead to increases in teen use of marijuana," said Dr. Deborah Hasin.
Dr. Margaret Haney explains that she has to keep the cannabis used in her trials in a gun safe stashed inside a freezer in a special room in her lab that can only be accessed with her fingerprint.
“Those who smoked marijuana were found 3 years later to be almost 6 times more likely to misuse prescription opioids & almost 8 times more likely to have an opioid use disorder,” said Dr. Mark Olfson.
The ‘Man O’ War’ program, a research project studying the effectiveness of horse therapy for veterans with PTSD, will be now fully managed by Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Constant scrolling through your feed can lead to feelings of uneasiness and insecurity. “People don’t share the most ‘miserable’ things that they are doing,” said Dr. Ethan Gorenstein.
“People are distressed by all different parts of the behavior,” said Dr. Evelyn Attia. “By how secretive they've become. By how much money they're spending on food that they're getting rid of.”
“It was never the case that people could be involuntary committed for being a little odd . . . unless they had evidence of mental illness,” said Dr. Paul Appelbaum.
Dr. Evelyn Attia, Professor of Psychiatry at CUIMC and Director of the Center for Eating Disorders, shares basics about eating disorders for #NEDAwareness Week
“For hypochondriacs, the internet has absolutely changed things for the worse,” says Dr. Brian Fallon. These susceptible surfers have been given a name. “Cyberchondriacs,” he notes.
