Liliana Valvano, LMSW, an associate in Psychiatric Social Work at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, works with neurodivergent clients, helping them build rich and fulfilling lives.
Psychiatrist and eating disorders researcher Joanna Steinberg receives 100K from Huberman Lab Podcast to further work on brain-based differences linked to the disorder.
Lisa Ranzenhofer, a clinical psychologist and researcher, discusses the hallmarks of binge eating disorder, its prevalence, possible causes, and treatments.
“Baking is mindful. Mindfulness means paying attention to yourself in the moment and not being in the past or the future, but really being there,” says Dr. Philip Muskin.
According to Dr. Deborah Hasin, marijuana laws don’t seem to have had a strong effect on teen use, but adult rates of frequent use and cannabis use disorder have increased in states that passed them.
Dr. Nasir Naqvi's study describes a device that would detect critical respiratory depression and then electrically support respiration until treatment could be provided or hypoventilation wore off.
"We are somewhat more willing to talk about our emotional state," said Dr. Philip Muskin. "That's not true across the board, but I think there somewhat less stigma than there was 40 or 50 years ago."
A paper on suicide by Mark Olfson, MD, MPH professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, was the most viewed in the JAMA Network.
In 1996, Congress passed the Mental Health Parity Act, which was supposed to ensure that mental health coverage was treated the same as physical ailments, according to Dr. Paul Appelbaum.
“If a doctor doesn’t fully understand what’s going on, it’s a lot easier to put a label on it and say, ‘This is depression,’ instead of saying, ‘We don’t know,’” explains Dr. Carl Erik Fisher.
“The greatest cause of mortality in people with mental illness is suicide, which is viewed as a complication of mental illness,” said Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman.