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- May 23, 2018
Dr. Ilana Nossel is the medical director and co-associate director of OnTrackNY and an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC).
- May 16, 2018
SAMHSA National Prevention Week is an annual health observance dedicated to increasing public awareness of, and action around, mental and/or substance use disorders.
- May 11, 2018
Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) identified a specific receptor related to the neurotransmitter serotonin that could be targeted with drugs to boost memory.
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"When acts of violence are committed by people with mental illness, they may be particularly salient in our minds,” says Dr. Paul Appelbaum.
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"The current evidence in scientific literature suggests that pregnancy changes the brain on a physical, cellular level in ways that we are only beginning to understand," writes Dr. Alexandra Sacks.
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"What's really important for people with OCD is that they know that they have an illness and the thoughts that they're having are not their own wishes," says Dr. Helen Blair Simpson.
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Pre-clinical studies on a hemp-derived extract called cannabidiol have shown promise for treatment of chronic pain, anxiety, and other conditions in animals, said Dr. Ziva Cooper.
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“We know new organisms are being discovered every one or two years ... in ticks,” said Dr. Brian Fallon. “This is a time of continuous discovery in terms of what’s going on with tick-borne diseases.”
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- May 10, 2018
National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day seeks to raise awareness about the importance of children’s mental health and show that positive mental health is essential to healthy development.
- May 10, 2018
The 11th annual Gray Matters at Columbia Spring Benefit Luncheon was held at The Plaza Hotel on Thursday, April 26, 2018.
- May 3, 2018
Cognitive remediation can feasibly be implemented in large systems of care, according to researchers at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
- April 30, 2018
A new study suggests that when a specific approach to supported employment (Individual Placement and Support) is implemented well it is associated with higher employment rates sustained over time.
- April 27, 2018
A list of CUIMC/NYP/Weill Cornell affiliated faculty presentations at the 2018 American Psychological Association's annual meeting
- April 2, 2018
A Conversation With Dr. Jeremy Veenstra-Vanderweele About Autism Spectrum Disorder
- March 30, 2018
For World Bipolar Day, we spoke with Dr. Diana Samuel, assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, about the basics of this mental illness.
- March 27, 2018
Earlier this month in Boston, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)18 held its 25th annual event.
- March 23, 2018
CPI serves as a key resource to OMH by spreading those practices identified by OMH as most critical to accomplish OMH’s system-transformation initiatives.
- March 13, 2018
Dr. Mayumi Okuda, psychiatrist and Director of the Columbia Gambling Disorders Clinic, shares 5 things that everyone should know about problem gambling.
