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 Columbia Gender Identity Program provides compassionate, personalized, and expert care to children, adolescents, adults, and families across the gender and sexuality spectrum.
“You can see this connection [to depression] in the general population, how strong it was, and that it builds up with each additional medication a person uses,” said Dr. Mark Olfson.
"We have a serious, national problem in terms of adequate recognition of psychiatric illnesses and their treatment," said Dr. John Mann. "We're missing most of these cases, that's the bottom line."
Initially, Seroquel seemed to have few side effects or complications. “The risks are far greater than I think has been represented,” said Dr. Mark Olfson.
The ‘Man O’ War’ program, a research project studying the effectiveness of horse therapy for veterans with PTSD, will be now fully managed by Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Dr. Jonathan Stewart, who is currently running a wake therapy trial, only keeps patients awake for one night. “I couldn’t see a lot of people agreeing to stay in hospital for three nights," he said.
Dr. Drew Ramsey suggests using a sleep app to monitor how much or how little sleep you're getting. “When you see the digital data, it helps people enact behavioral change,” he says.