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Addressing a Workforce Shortage: How Early Medical Education Can Shape Future Mental Health Care

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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Education
The Rise of Ozempic for Weight Loss Sparks Ethical Concerns

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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Psychiatry
Simple Smell and Memory Tests Could Predict Alzheimer’s as Effectively as Costly Brain Imaging

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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Aging & Memory
Bridging the Language Gap: Cultivating Spanish-Speaking Mental Health Practitioners

Language barriers often prevent Spanish-speaking individuals from receiving necessary mental health care.

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Fetal Alcohol Cases More Common Than Thought

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HEALTHDAY

February 6, 2018

"Most women will stop once they learn they are pregnant," Dr. William Fifer said. But, he added, those early weeks -- when a woman may not know she's pregnant -- are a critical period.
Why Do We All Think That Dog Looks Like Laura Dern?

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MASHABLE

January 29, 2018

"What's special about people is we have this amazing capacity to symbolize...and a need to humanize," says Dr. Philip Muskin.
Through To The Other Side

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MANHATTAN TIMES

January 29, 2018

Should the U.S. spend any of its foreign aid on mental health in far away places? Doesn’t the U.S. have real mental health needs at home? Dr. Kathleen Pike responds “Yes” to all these questions.
Q&A With Writer and Lecturer Andrew Solomon

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Financial Times

January 29, 2018

Dr. Andrew Solomon shares that if he had known it was possible to have both family and his integrity, "the reassurance would have spared me years of sorrow, depression, anguish and suffering."
Small Things Often Create Secure Attachments: An Interview With Amir Levine, M.D.

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THE GOOD MEN PROJECT

January 26, 2018

"Attachment is the basis of both suffering and healing. It has to do with feeling safe around other people and needing to choose the right people to be around," says Dr. Amir Levine.
Trump’s Cognition Test Doesn't Tell Us Everything About His Mental Health, Psychiatrists Say

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Newsweek

January 26, 2018

“I think it’s important to understand what the MOCA does and doesn’t tell you,” said Dr. Paul Appelbaum.
Long Branch Shooting: Did Autism Play A Role?

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ASBURY PARK PRESS

January 26, 2018

“They are less likely to commit any kind of crime than anyone else,” said Dr. Catherine Lord. Studies have established no conclusive link between autism and violent acts.
Dead Wake

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New York Magazine

January 26, 2018

“You don’t expect to see a sudden change in mental status,” said Dr. Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, referring to people with autism. “When it happens, it means there’s something else going on.”
Gut Feelings

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MANHATTAN TIMES

January 23, 2018

"Modern science suggests that the gut and the brain are more intimately connected than we ever imagined," writes Dr. Kathleen M. Pike.
5 Women Share The Moment They Realized They Had OCD

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WOMEN’S HEALTH

January 23, 2018

"OCD is characterized by the presence of obsessions, compulsions, or both," says Dr. Erin Engle. It's those intrusive thoughts that spur tell-tale OCD behaviors like repeated hand washing.

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