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.
Dr. Stephanie Le Melle discusses her current work, what drew her to psychiatry, inclusion and diversity, and recruiting and retaining underrepresented members in our faculty and training programs.
The Horga Lab is a psychiatry research lab that uses neuroimaging and cognitive methods to study the origins of the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia, including hallucinations and delusions.
“Unlike homosexuality, we wanted to retain a gender category so that people could access services, and insurance coverage for hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries," said Dr. Jack Drescher.
“The fact that he's talking about suicidal thoughts and mental illness in this way is just the kind of thing we need to be talking about to help prevent suffering and suicide,” Dr. Kelly Posner says.
"Despite recent progress in increasing the likelihood that US adults with serious psychological distress receive mental health treatment, nearly 1/3 still receive no treatment," said Dr. Mark Olfson.
Taking stimulant drugs or supplements can't make you smarter, but they could make you more focused, which would allow you to get more done, Dr. Philip Muskin says.
“The people who need the care aren’t the ones getting it,” Dr. Mark Olfson said. “Almost a third of people who reported severe psychological distress are not getting mental health care.”
Dr. Roberto Lewis-Fernández explains culture as the process by which a person makes sense of their experiences and the way that process is anchored in that person’s participation in social groups."
A younger student may simply need time to catch up, but his immature behavior looks like ADHD and raises a teacher’s concern, said Dr. Jonathan Posner.
"There's a mismatch between those with the greatest need who may not be getting mental health care they need and a growing number who are getting treatments they may not need," says Dr Mark Olfson.