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Family Medicine Doctor Helps Patients with Lingering Symptoms of Lyme Disease

At Columbia Cohen Center for Health and Recovery from Tick-borne diseases, Kristen Kendrick takes the time to assess the patient from multiple perspectives.

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Mental Health
A Child of the Rwandan Genocide Seeks to Stop the Transfer of Trauma to Future Generations

Belinda Busogi discovered her research calling in a program that pairs Columbia psychiatry researchers with historically underrepresented racial or ethic groups.

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Education
Columbia Psychiatry Medical Education Program Jumps to No. 2 in the Nation in U.S. News and World Report

In the 2022 U.S. News & World Report survey of best graduate and professional schools, Columbia Psychiatry’s medical education program earned the No. 2 ranking nationwide.

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Education
A Trans Woman's Journey

Stacy St. Clair credits Columbia's Gender Identity Program for the gift of true self.

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Gender Identity & Sexuality

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Study Links Thalamus Inhibition in Adolescence to Long-lasting Cortical Abnormalities

May 19, 2022

Boosting thalamic activity could help treat cognitive symptoms in schizophrenia related to altered prefrontal cortex function

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Mental Health
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May 21-25, 2022 ~ New Orleans June 7-10, 2022 ~ Online

May 11, 2022

Faculty from Columbia Psychiatry will be speaking on a wide range of issues at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May 21-25, 2022.

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Mental Health
Is Bong Smoke Really as Harmful as Secondhand Cigarette Smoke?

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WNYC

April 11, 2022

"As a federally-funded researcher, I'm extremely limited in how I can study cannabis," said Margaret Haney, director of the cannabis research laboratory at Columbia.
Doctors, Attend to Your Mental Health

Source:

The New York Times

April 11, 2022

Dr. Robert Klitzman writes that federal and state governments should establish legal protection for physicians to receive mental treatment without it being admissible in malpractice litigation.
A Generation on the Brink: Kids and the World of COVID

Source:

New York Daily News

April 10, 2022

"As children and teens emerge from the pandemic, they realize that certainty has evaporated and expectations cannot be trusted," writes Jonathan Slater, clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia.
The Mystifying Rise of Child Suicide

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The New Yorker

April 4, 2022

Andrew Solomon, professor of clinical psychology (in psychiatry) at Columbia, is author of this article that takes a close look at child and adolescent suicide.

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