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.
The first set of proposed changes to DSM-5 since the web portal was opened for submissions are now being posted for public comment on the DSM-5 web site, writes Dr. Michael B. First.
Drs. Yuval Neria and Prudence Fisher are examining equine therapy's efficacy. They hope to define a specific standardized equine treatment program for people who have PTSD.
Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman said many psychiatrists would likely want to try digital Abilify, especially for patients who just had their first psychotic episode and are at risk of stopping medication.
Dr. Paul Appelbaum said that many of his colleagues welcome tying mass gun violence to mental issues as a way of getting more resources for underfunded mental health services.
Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman called the result “Very interesting and encouraging.” “It’s the first window into a novel mechanism for antidepressants,” he said.
The first time I saw the movie all put together I cried and I cried. I just felt like ‘look at all these people, look at all they’ve done’,” said Dr. Andrew Solomon.
"The relationship between marijuana and opioid use is complex and that more recent data might have yielded different results in light of changing marijuana use patterns," said Dr. Mark Olfson.
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute may have discovered a way to use a patient’s sense of smell to treat Alzheimer’s disease before it develops.
"Among physicians with academic appointments at public medical schools in the USA, women are paid about 80% of what men are paid," writes Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman.