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In this Q & A, Dr. Lauren Hoffman discusses social anxiety disorder, how virtual reality therapy works, and why VR treatment is a promising option for teens and young adults.
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Findings from the Columbia database help dispel the myth that having a severe psychiatric illness is predictive of who will perpetrate mass murder.
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Her influential ‘gateway hypothesis’ changed the way we think about addiction.
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Serotonin is released in the brain during emotionally intense of events, whether negative or positive.
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- September 21, 2021
Columbia Psychiatry's Caroline Arout uses quantitative sensory testing, or QST, for assessing the effectiveness of cannabis for therapeutic uses.
- September 15, 2021
Dr. Sidney Hankerson is one of 10 scholars named as 2021’s Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
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- September 13, 2021
Ravi N. Shah, MD has been named Chief Innovation Officer for Columbia Psychiatry.
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- August 10, 2021
A collaborative study from Columbia University and the Copenhagen Research Centre for Mental Health examines the relationship between Lyme disease and psychiatric outcomes.
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- July 28, 2021
Columbia Psychiatry News spoke with Dr. Scott Small about the science of memory and how we can get better at letting stuff go.
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- July 21, 2021
A Columbia University article in JAMA Psychiatry makes the case for doing more to make mental health care non-racist and to take steps for racial equity in clinics and communities.
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U.S. NewsJuly 19, 2021Dr. Joshua Berman said electrical stimulation (ECT) seems to trigger the release of "neurotrophic" factors, which can help brain cells grow.
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NBC NewsJuly 16, 2021“Our study provides further evidence that marijuana use is not effective in reducing nonmedical opioid use,” said study author Dr. Mark Olfson.
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TIMEJuly 13, 2021“The biggest limiting factor in getting to remission from depression postpartum is access to care, period—and it is worse for people who don’t have financial resources,” says Dr. Catherine Monk.
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New York TimesJuly 9, 2021Marijuana, Dr. Margaret Haney, said, “reduces reaction time and has other effects that would worsen performance.”
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