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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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WQEDMay 30, 2018There’s no evidence that kids who might later need to “detransition” back to their original gender will not suffer any long-lasting psychological effects, says Dr. Jack Drescher.
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MANHATTAN TIMESMay 30, 2018Dr. Kathleen Pike shares the Four Essential Principles that Bryan Stevenson spoke about as Johns Hopkins University’s 2018 Commencement speaker.
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Psychology TodayMay 30, 2018The idea of the “neutral analyst” is a concept that’s as old as psychoanalysis itself writes Dr. Deborah Cabaniss.
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Psychology TodayMay 30, 2018Past reporting of sexual harassment by third parties has been too rare. Given the potential harms involved, we often have some duty not to remain utterly quiet writes Dr. Robert Klitzman.
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BBCMay 30, 2018“People can become overly focused on numbers, which may exacerbate unhealthy behaviours, like food restriction or compulsively exercising,” says Dr. Deborah Glasofer.
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Medical DailyMay 30, 2018"We found that older people have similar ability to make thousands of hippocampal new neurons from progenitor cells as younger people do," said Dr. Maura Boldrini.
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Dr. Ilana Nossel is the medical director and co-associate director of OnTrackNY and an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC).
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CNNMay 17, 2018Dr. Katherine Shear said that in and of itself, grief is natural and healthy after a loss, but struggling with the difficulty or inability to adapt to the loss can be unhealthy.
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BBC NewsMay 17, 2018"When acts of violence are committed by people with mental illness, they may be particularly salient in our minds,” says Dr. Paul Appelbaum.
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NewsweekMay 17, 2018"What's really important for people with OCD is that they know that they have an illness and the thoughts that they're having are not their own wishes," says Dr. Helen Blair Simpson.
