We spoke to Patrice Malone, MD, about her work with individuals struggling with psychiatric and substance use disorders, as well as her role as a director of the June Jackson Christmas Program.
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.
“With some mental health conditions, in particular, psychotic disorders, I think there is a genetic or a biological component that can interact with a life stressor,” says Dr. Jeffrey Cohen.
Dr. John Mann, whose parents escaped the Warsaw Ghetto and were liberated at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, said the celebration highlighted “continuity and survival itself.”
A discussion with Dr. Deborah Cabaniss and Dr. Yael Holoshitz about their new book Different Patients, Different Therapies: Optimizing Treatment Using Differential Psychotherapuetics.
Compared with the one-fifth of participants whose diet had the lowest glycemic index, those with the highest were 11 percent more likely to have insomnia.
“The efficacy and safety profile of CAPLYTA approved by the FDA, offers healthcare providers an important new option for treating people living with schizophrenia,” said Dr. Jeffrey A. Lieberman.
The study suggests that some of the ways schools cope with student suicides might prove useful in the aftermath of a school shooting, Dr. Mark Olfson said.