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In this Q & A, Dr. Lauren Hoffman discusses social anxiety disorder, how virtual reality therapy works, and why VR treatment is a promising option for teens and young adults.
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Findings from the Columbia database help dispel the myth that having a severe psychiatric illness is predictive of who will perpetrate mass murder.
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Her influential ‘gateway hypothesis’ changed the way we think about addiction.
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Serotonin is released in the brain during emotionally intense of events, whether negative or positive.
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US News & World ReportJanuary 19, 2018Dr. 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.
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Psychiatric TimesSeptember 27, 2017Many of the medications that are prescribed off-label have evidence-based and clinical literature to support their use, writes Dr. Ryan Sultan.
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US News & World ReportSeptember 21, 2017“Many people with severe mental illness who are not engaged in treatment because they deny anything is wrong would benefit from involuntary hospitalization,” said Dr. Paul Appelbaum.
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New York TimesSeptember 21, 2017Mr. Trump’s impulsivity, dishonesty, divisiveness and outright unpresidential behavior are easily condemned without resorting to a psychiatric diagnosis, writes Dr. Stephan Levitan.
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- July 26, 2017
Accessing the Best in Mental Health Care Just Got Easier
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Boston GlobeJune 27, 2017Dr. Paul Appelbaum: The guilty verdict would seem to support the idea that people who are depressed and suicidal are vulnerable; toying with their lives is something that shouldn’t be acceptable.
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- June 8, 2017
The rule has to stay, said Dr. Paul Appelbaum, to protect people "who are the subject of our statements ... who might be harmed by our blind speculation."
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UPIJune 8, 2017Dr. Rene Hen: New research found the brain's mu opioid receptors are responsible for the depression-relieving effects of tianeptine.
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MedscapeJune 8, 2017"The whole issue of these barriers to utilization is shameful, and it's embarrassing to the field and the psychiatric profession," said Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman.
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VOXJune 8, 2017The Goldwater Rule protects “the integrity of our profession from members who are willing to draw judgments on the basis on information that’s incomplete,” said Dr. Paul Appelbaum.
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