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Schedule of Speakers: APA 2025

The 2025 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting is taking place in New York City (and virtually) May 17-21.

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Mental Health
OnTrackNY, an Early Intervention Program for Schizophrenia Overseen by Columbia Faculty, Is Featured in The New York Times

“If you get through the first two years of this experience and feel like you have a future and have a sense of personhood, and you can be somebody—what a difference,” said OnTrackNY's Dr. Lisa Dixon.

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Mental Health
Maternal Sleep May Have a Role in Passing Stress Between Generations

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Columbia University Irving Medical Center News

A Columbia study found that mothers who don't get enough sleep during pregnancy are more likely to have children with neurodevelopmental issues like attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

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Mental Health
Talking With Youth About Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

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Pediatrics in Review

Columbia’s Jeffrey M. Cohen, PsyD, and colleagues offer strategies for healthcare providers to proactively discuss sexual orientation and gender identity with youths and their families.

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Child & Adolescent

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Parkland Father On 2 School Shooting Survivors Dying By Suicide Within A Week

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WBUR

March 25, 2019

This article references the ‘Columbia Protocol’ questions developed by Dr. Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber.

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Mental Health
The Warning Signs of Suicide — and How to Get Help

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CBS

March 25, 2019

"People tend to tip-toe around sensitive issues like suicide. You shouldn't. You're not going to prompt someone to do it by asking them," said Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman.

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Mental Health
After 2 Apparent Student Suicides, Parkland Grieves Again

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New York Times

March 24, 2019

Dr. Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber has developed a protocol of questions that anyone — not just medical professionals — can ask to identify people who may be at risk of suicide.

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Mental Health
Disability Inclusion in Precision Medicine Research: A First National Survey

March 22, 2019

Precision medicine research aims to enable tailoring of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention to individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle.

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Mental Health
The FDA Just Approved the First Drug for Postpartum Depression—but Can Anyone Afford It?

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Health

March 20, 2019

“I think it’s a miraculous treatment,” Dr. Philip Muskin says of Zulresso. But the accessibility of the drug will likely be an issue.

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Mental Health
What It Means to Be a Loser

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Psychology Today

March 20, 2019

“If in the face of adversity we can transform into the heroes and heroines of our own stories,” writes Dr. Deborah R. Glasofer.

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Mental Health
FDA Approves First Postpartum Depression Drug

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CNN

March 20, 2019

The clinical data supporting the effectiveness of brexanolone in helping women recover from postpartum depression sheds new light on the neurobiology of the illness, said Dr. Catherine Monk.

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Mental Health
Daily Marijuana Use and Highly Potent Weed Linked to Psychosis

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NPR

March 19, 2019

"You can't say that cannabis causes psychosis," she says. "It's simply not supported by the data," Dr. Diana Martinez says.

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Mental Health
FDA Approves First Drug for Postpartum Depression

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New York Times

March 19, 2019

“The major thing is, of course, the rapid effect,” said Dr. Margaret Spinelli,

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Mental Health
Welcome, Incoming PGY-1 Residents!

March 18, 2019

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to welcome our twelve incoming PGY-1 residents to the program.

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Mental Health

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