“There is inherent value in addressing social ills,” said Dr. Paul Appelbaum. “But the concept of community mental health became diluted to the point that it neglected psychiatric treatment.”
After you drink, “your sleep quality is not as good, even though the number of hours you’re spending unconscious may be the same,” said Dr. Carl Erik Fisher, an addiction psychiatrist at Columbia.
Suspected suicides . . . can be misclassified as accidents or drug overdoses, making it difficult to ascribe meaning to smaller changes in the numbers, said Dr. Mark Olfson.
An NIH award will help fund a collaborative effort of Columbia University's Department of Pediatrics and Department of Psychiatry titled Prospective Genetic Risk Evaluation and Assessment in Autism.
Paul Appelbaum, MD, said it may be preferable for police to remain in the background and send in a mental health professional to engage with a suicidal person.
The best way to support women’s mental health is to implement policies that improve access to health care systems, family leave, food security, and housing, Dr. Elizabeth Fitelson said.
"Humans evolved with the neurocircuitry to see another person as special," writes Amir Levine, MD, an associate professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia.
