Dr. Robert Klitzman writes that federal and state governments should establish legal protection for physicians to receive mental treatment without it being admissible in malpractice litigation.
"As a federally-funded researcher, I'm extremely limited in how I can study cannabis," said Margaret Haney, director of the cannabis research laboratory at Columbia.
"As children and teens emerge from the pandemic, they realize that certainty has evaporated and expectations cannot be trusted," writes Jonathan Slater, clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia.
Andrew Solomon, professor of clinical psychology (in psychiatry) at Columbia, is author of this article that takes a close look at child and adolescent suicide.
This article is a response to a study by Dr. Jeffrey Cohen and colleagues outlining strategies to improve the inclusiveness of existing digital mental health content and develop new content.
Elie G. Aoun, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia, says that people who pull out their hair most often don’t realize they are doing it.
"The COVID-19 pandemic exposed many of the inequities and disparities that existed beforehand,” said Warren Ng, director of clinical services, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia.
Growing legislative attempts to limit, ban, or criminalize access to this critical model of medical care endangers the health and well-being of transgender and nonbinary youth.
“There’s clearly still widespread burnout, fatigue, and frustration not only related to the earlier phases of the pandemic but also the aftermath related to staffing shortage,” Dr. Lou Baptista said.
Meg Haney, professor of neurobiology (in psychiatry) at Columbia, discusses the effects, risks, and potential benefits of cannabis and what she told her own sons about drug use.
