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.
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.
The Center for Practice Innovations is New York’s secret asset quietly helping to make the state’s 38,000 public sector behavioral health workforce among the best trained in the country.
The digital program GriefSteps is based on a model of grief therapy developed by Dr. Katherine Shear that has been used with people with complicated grief to help with successful adaptation to loss.
“It’s unlikely that there will be new effort placed on developing newer, better, medications because fewer people will be affected by this,” said Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman.
"Thinking through multiple ways something may go poorly and figuring out solutions can help people feel a greater sense of control," Dr. Colleen Cullen says.
Dr. Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele says we should be vigilant and consider whether depression could explain changes in behavior, appetite, or energy level.