A Columbia study aims find out which treatments work best to alleviate major depressive disorder and improve quality of life for individuals with breast cancer.
It may be the action of an individual, but suicide is “a social disorder for the most part,” says David Fink, PhD, MPH, a social epidemiologist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
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Dr. Anne Marie Albano said it’s understandable that parents want to protect their children but, "if we keep rescuing them and fixing things for them, their anxiety perpetuates and grows.
“There is inherent value in addressing social ills,” said Dr. Paul Appelbaum. “But the concept of community mental health became diluted to the point that it neglected psychiatric treatment.”
After you drink, “your sleep quality is not as good, even though the number of hours you’re spending unconscious may be the same,” said Dr. Carl Erik Fisher, an addiction psychiatrist at Columbia.
Suspected suicides . . . can be misclassified as accidents or drug overdoses, making it difficult to ascribe meaning to smaller changes in the numbers, said Dr. Mark Olfson.
An NIH award will help fund a collaborative effort of Columbia University's Department of Pediatrics and Department of Psychiatry titled Prospective Genetic Risk Evaluation and Assessment in Autism.
