"Broad acceptance of the self-injury concept could spur much needed reforms in clinical care by focusing on underlying risks common to drug self-intoxication and suicide deaths," said Dr, Mark Olfson.
"We do know that women who've had depression before or have family members who have depression or who currently have elevated symptoms are at risk," says Dr. Karina Davidson.
“Sometimes, it’s not those who look different from us who are the most frightening, it’s those who look most similar. Then intrusion becomes competition,” writes Dr. Deborah L. Cabaniss.
When Anthony Bourdain killed himself, Dr. Madelyn Gould said, “I was sad for him and for all the people who were going to hear about it, and I am also sad for people who might be influenced by it.”
“We need a lot more data to know what [marijuana] is useful for,” says Dr. Diana Martinez. “We need a lot of placebo-controlled studies. We need to know what it works for and what it’s useful for.”
New York–Presbyterian University Hospital–Columbia and Cornell, New York City, was ranked number 3 this year in US News and World Report's annual rankings of Best Hospitals for Psychiatry.
