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.
Media coverage of suicide that focuses on recovery and healing has been proven to reduce risk among vulnerable members of a community—a phenomenon Dr. Madelyn Gould refers to as the “Papageno effect.”
For the last two and a half decades, Dr. J. John Mann and his collaborators have been working to characterize brain abnormalities associated with suicide.
“It’s the first time that we know what questions indicate who’s at imminent risk, the very few people who actually need a next step,” says Dr. Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber of the Columbia Protocol.
“Another event that has similarities to the one they were injured by can reactivate the emotional trauma that they had sustained. It’s like a contagion effect,” said Dr. Jeffrey A. Lieberman.
"People tend to tip-toe around sensitive issues like suicide. You shouldn't. You're not going to prompt someone to do it by asking them," said Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman.
Dr. Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber has developed a protocol of questions that anyone — not just medical professionals — can ask to identify people who may be at risk of suicide.