Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Rep. Mike Lawler (NY-17) have introduced the Community Mental Wellness Worker Training Act to increase the availability of mental health services to the underserved.
In honor of Pride Month, the Columbia Gender & Sexuality Program (CGSP) offers a family-friendly guide to support LGBTQIA+ youth and caregivers and to events taking place across the city.
A study led by Matisyahu Shulman, MD, found that rapid administration of extended-release naltrexone was effective compared with the standard procedure used in the treatment of opioid use disorder.
“While a great deal of money has been invested in developing schizophrenia drugs, a similar investment hasn’t been made to develop biomarkers,” said Dr. Daniel Javitt.
This ability to empathize is a key component of manipulation, according to Dr. Carrie Barron. “There’s a very distorted dark side of empathy,” she said.
“Increased use would exacerbate the effects,” said Dr. Ziva Cooper. People who use synthetic cannibanoids - commonly known as Spice or K2 - show “a constellation of adverse effects,” Cooper said.
"When you think the treatment is indicated for people who have psychotic symptoms, like paranoid delusions, questions may be introduced that it is intrusive," said Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman.
The problem of not adhering to treatment, is if medication is administered daily, or multiple times per day, is that it compromises its effectiveness, says Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman.
“You would think that, whether in psychiatry or general medicine, drugs for almost any other condition would be a better place to start than a drug for schizophrenia," says Dr. Paul Appelbaum.
“I would want a study conducted to see how the technology impacts the doctor-patient relationship,” Dr. Paul Applebaum said. “What kind of message are we communicating?”.