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Columbia's psychiatric medicine curricululum has a dual mission to help grow the psychiatry workforce and increase literacy across all specialties.
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Robert Klitzman, MD, professor of psychiatry, addresses the ethical and health concerns that must be considered in tackling the obesity epidemic and broader public health challenges.
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A Columbia study shows a simple smell test and memory exam can predict cognitive decline as accurately as costly brain imaging, offering a more affordable and accessible way to assess dementia.
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Language barriers often prevent Spanish-speaking individuals from receiving necessary mental health care.
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StatJuly 30, 2019"Both genetic mechanisms and their psychosocial impacts are more complex than imagined by geneticists or bioethicists at the dawn of the Human Genome Project,” write Dr. Paul Appelbaum and colleague.
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China ChannelJuly 26, 2019“The seven-member pacifist group built mobile hospitals in caves, often traveling at night to avoid detection,” writes Dr. Christopher Magoon in an article about tMedical Team 19.
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A new study led by Columbia Psychiatry researchers eased fears about the proportion of youths with ADHD taking antipsychotic drugs, but still found that many prescriptions may be inappropriate.
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SpectrumJuly 25, 2019Parents of autistic children are particularly vulnerable to placebo effects, says Dr. Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele.
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READER’S DIGESTJuly 24, 2019Although there are differing theories about why people with glasses are perceived as smart, “many scientists believe that this is a mental shortcut that is learned,” says Dr. Elizabeth G. Loran.
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HEALTHDAYJuly 22, 2019Dr. Anne Marie Albano agreed that the best thing a parent can do is let a child make their own choices, learn the consequences of those choices, and be on hand to help if needed.
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Scientific AmericanJuly 19, 2019Dr. Christopher Magoon explores how virtual reality could bolster China’s struggling mental health services.
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JAMAJuly 17, 2019“The contribution of the environment to ASD risk appears to be much smaller than the contribution of genetics," wrote Drs. Amandeep Jutla, Hannah Reed and Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele.
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Spectrum NewsJuly 17, 2019The new study benefits from the fact that it includes non-twin siblings and cousins, says Dr. Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele.
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z6mag.comJuly 10, 2019According to Dr. Kelli Harding, “cyberchondria is the new frontier of hypochondria.”
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