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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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MedscapeDecember 17, 2018Dr. Nasir Naqvi's study describes a device that would detect critical respiratory depression and then electrically support respiration until treatment could be provided or hypoventilation wore off.
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USA TodayDecember 16, 2018"We are somewhat more willing to talk about our emotional state," said Dr. Philip Muskin. "That's not true across the board, but I think there somewhat less stigma than there was 40 or 50 years ago."
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BridesDecember 14, 2018Dr. Catherine Monk says that PMDD “can so undermine the quality of a woman’s life, yet it is treatable.”
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- December 14, 2018
A paper on suicide by Mark Olfson, MD, MPH professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, was the most viewed in the JAMA Network.
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Science NewsDecember 13, 2018The PsychENCODE group is making progress, says Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman. “But the jury is still out in terms of what it will result in,” he says.
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- December 11, 2018
Ketamine, a compound initially used as an anesthetic, holds exciting promise as a newer alternative to more traditional treatment approaches for depression.
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TONICDecember 11, 2018In 1996, Congress passed the Mental Health Parity Act, which was supposed to ensure that mental health coverage was treated the same as physical ailments, according to Dr. Paul Appelbaum.
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COSMOPOLITANDecember 11, 2018“If a doctor doesn’t fully understand what’s going on, it’s a lot easier to put a label on it and say, ‘This is depression,’ instead of saying, ‘We don’t know,’” explains Dr. Carl Erik Fisher.
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MedscapeDecember 11, 2018“The greatest cause of mortality in people with mental illness is suicide, which is viewed as a complication of mental illness,” said Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman.
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Slate.comDecember 10, 2018“Ideally, none of us would engage in comparisons, period,” said Dr. Deborah Glasofer, who advises paying attention to what kinds of media make you feel good vs. crappy and curating along those lines.
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