At Columbia Cohen Center for Health and Recovery from Tick-borne diseases, Kristen Kendrick takes the time to assess the patient from multiple perspectives.
Chacku Mathai, a project director with OnTrackNY, thinks about whether, if the perfect antipsychotic existed, he would take it. “My experience is so rich,” he said, “I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”
Barbara Stanley, PhD, a professor of medical psychology (in psychiatry) at Columbia, agreed that asking better screening questions is crucial noting that some tools already exist.
"There's no way that these drugs can meet the fantasized expectations that people have,” David Hellerstein, MD, a professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia, said in reference to psychedelics.
Belinda Busogi discovered her research calling in a program that pairs Columbia psychiatry researchers with historically underrepresented racial or ethic groups.
This study "highlights the need for rapid diagnosis and rapid identification, as well as the potential importance and value of better means of prevention,” said Brian Fallon, MD.
Katherine Shear, professor of psychiatry at Columbia, said that the escalating number of deaths—and the way people died—made grief more common and more talked about in the mainstream media.
"Having a treatment that could kill bacteria before it comes into your body would be a great advantage," said Brian Fallon, director of the Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center at Columbia.
