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.
“Brain stimulation therapies involve the application of [electric] energy over specific brain regions to modulate the function of neural circuits,” says Dr. Joshua Berman.
“You don’t usually think about biomarkers in moms, although in autism, I think increasingly we should be thinking about that,” says Dr. Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele.
"Scary films are really the only thing that we can access all-year round that allows us to experience fear in a controlled, safe way," says Dr. Ali Mattu.
Columbia Psychiatry presented Agnes Whitaker, MD with the Frank J. Menolascino Award for Psychiatric Services for Persons with Intellectual Development Disorders/Developmental Disabilities.
Dr. Ali Mattu talks about how dressing up allows us to experiment with different identities, qualities, and ways of being, and what this might mean for our mental health.
“The finding that 1/3 of students from multiple countries screened positive for at least one of six mental health disorders represents a key global mental health issue," said Dr. Randy P. Auerbach.