Forty-two years after its introduction, "the DSM revolution has run its course," writes Sally Satel, a visiting professor of psychiatry at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Our neurons are endowed with a completely separate set of mechanisms that are dedicated to active forgetting, says Scott A. Small, a professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia.
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.
Melina Wald, director of the Gender Identity Program at Columbia, says that waiting to transition can create additional psychological distress for a child.
The pandemic has underscored how important even casual connections are for emotional well-being, said Anne Marie Albano, director of the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders.
Katherine Keyes, director of Columbia’s Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program, testified at an ongoing trial against three major pharmaceutical companies regarding the opioid epidemic.
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.
"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.
"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.
