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.
"We were surprised to learn that there has been a larger decrease in opioid prescribing to adults with more rather than less severe pain," Dr. Mark Olfson said.
In an accompanying editorial, Dr. Joshua T. Kantrowitz explained how the future role of lumateperone could be crucial in treating schizophrenia patients.
The Center for OCD and Related Disorders, directed by Dr. Blair Simpson, focuses on how to better understand, and ultimately treat, obsessive-compulsive disorder and related problems.
“With some mental health conditions, in particular, psychotic disorders, I think there is a genetic or a biological component that can interact with a life stressor,” says Dr. Jeffrey Cohen.
Dr. Michael Grunebaum says that in his clinical trials, many patients don’t find that the drug relieves anxiety. “Ketamine is just a really distinct, weird, spacey feeling,” he says.
Dr. John Mann, whose parents escaped the Warsaw Ghetto and were liberated at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, said the celebration highlighted “continuity and survival itself.”
A discussion with Dr. Deborah Cabaniss and Dr. Yael Holoshitz about their new book Different Patients, Different Therapies: Optimizing Treatment Using Differential Psychotherapuetics.