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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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PsychCentralNovember 13, 2017“We wanted to find out if we could identify patients at risk for Alzheimer’s who might also benefit from this treatment,” said Dr. D.P. Devanand.
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CNNNovember 13, 2017"The relationship between marijuana and opioid use is complex and that more recent data might have yielded different results in light of changing marijuana use patterns," said Dr. Mark Olfson.
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Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute may have discovered a way to use a patient’s sense of smell to treat Alzheimer’s disease before it develops.
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Academic PsychiatryNovember 9, 2017"Among physicians with academic appointments at public medical schools in the USA, women are paid about 80% of what men are paid," writes Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman.
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WNYCNovember 8, 2017"The vast majority of people who use heroin are not addicted," says Dr. Carl Hart.
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MANHATTAN TIMESNovember 3, 2017No matter how much we tell our kids they are at risk, it won’t change their behavior, writes Dr. Kathleen Pike.
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Los Angeles TimesNovember 3, 2017In experiments led by Dr. Edmund Griffin, Dr. Eric R. Kandel and Dr. Denise Kandel, rats who had consumed alcohol showed enhanced addiction-like behavior to cocaine.
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Los Angeles BladeNovember 3, 2017"The term pedophilia is sometimes used to tar everybody with the same brush,” Dr. Jack Drescher said. “People who are against homosexuality have often associated homosexuality with pedophilia.”
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EXPONENT TELEGRAMNovember 3, 2017“Usually people experience a strong acute grief reaction when someone dies and at the same time they begin the gradual process of adapting to the loss,” explains Dr. M. Katherine Shear. “
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NBC NewsNovember 3, 2017Dr. Colleen Cullen notes that for victims of sexual harassment, the most common diagnoses are depression, anxiety, and even post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
