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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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- July 31, 2019
Drs. Edward Nunes and Frances Levin will be leading the Columbia site in a 3-site multisite trial to test a new model of treatment for opioid addiction.
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Fox NewsJuly 30, 2019“This has been described in the literature going back to the Civil War,” Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman said. “It was called ‘Soldier's Heart’ because one of the features of PTSD was a rapid heartbeat.
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Yahoo.comJuly 30, 2019Your therapist does not necessarily need to be someone who has a lot in common with you, or with whom you would want to be friends," Dr. Colleen Cullen advises.
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AAMC NewsJuly 30, 2019Formal medical school curricula often espouse the value of equity, yet the hidden curriculum unfortunately sometimes conveys discrimination and unfair treatment, says Dr. Michael Devlin.
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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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- July 26, 2019
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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