We spoke to Dr. Marisa Spann about her work in early childhood psychiatry, her new role in the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and having honest, direct conversations about race.
In November 2021, Columbia Psychiatry stepped up as a leader in this field and named Elizabeth Ford, MD, to the newly created position of Director of Mental Health and Criminal Justice Initiatives.
The Center for Practice Innovations is New York’s secret asset quietly helping to make the state’s 38,000 public sector behavioral health workforce among the best trained in the country.
"People across political divides believe that leaders from the opposite side pose a significant threat to their way of life and the well-being of the country as a whole," says Dr. Jeffrey Cohen.
“V.I.P. syndrome occurs when a celebrity or otherwise well-connected ‘very important person’ receives a level of care not available to the average patient,” wrote Dr. Robert Klitzman.
“People who receive inpatient care for a mental illness have much lower rates of following up with treaters in the community after discharge, which is alarming,” said Dr. Thomas E. Smith.
This three-day, global event will virtually bring together leaders in policing, experts in resilience research, and prominent practitioners in resilience and wellbeing practices.
Dr. Jeffrey M. Cohen, says most children under 12 “may not readily detect what is influencer advertising nor have yet developed the abilities to critically reflect on influencer advertising.”
"Why are police in this situation to begin with? That's not what they're trained for, and we see a lot of bad things happen as a result," said Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman.
Excited delirium has no standard definition. The commonly cited characteristics include superhuman strength, imperviousness to pain and wild, uncontrollable behavior, said Dr. Paul S. Appelbaum.