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.
In using the term “friendship,” “what people basically mean is, ‘I’m in a secure relationship. Being close to my partner is very rewarding. I trust them,'” Dr. Amir Levine said.
“There should be a separate specialty board in certification in psychopharmacology,” Dr. Richard Brown said, a process that isn’t in place at all right now for doctors.
“The fears can be very real for our kids,” explained Dr. Carolina Zerrate. “Oftentimes their neighborhoods are not safe, their streets are not safe and their families can feel unsafe.”
When we got into RAISE, the attitude was that you can recover. They believed that you’ll always have schizophrenia, but that you can also recover and have a normal life with it.
Assuming a shooter is ‘sick’ in some way "continues the stigmatization of people with mental disorders who commit only a small portion of acts of violence in this country,” Dr. Paul Appelbaum says.