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Opening remarks were delivered by Dr. Blair Simpson, interim chair of psychiatry at Columbia.
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Columbia Psychiatry study paves the way for treatment techniques to help people adapt to the loss of a loved one.
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The Wall Street JournalOne report from Dr. Madelyn Gould found that nearly 90% of suicidal people surveyed who texted the lifeline thought the conversation was helpful, and nearly half reported being less suicidal.
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TODAY OnlineBarbara Stanley, PhD, a professor of medical psychology (in psychiatry) at Columbia, agreed that asking better screening questions is crucial noting that some tools already exist.
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- September 20, 2019
Drs. Alex Canetti and Ali Mattu discuss the relationship between anxiety and risk for suicide.
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NPRSeptember 13, 2019Dr. Madelyn Gould hopes that the new hotline will encourage more people to call before they start feeling suicidal.
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MedscapeSeptember 12, 2019"We've known that there's a strong association between gender minority stress and poor health outcomes," Dr. William Byne said. "This just makes it a little bit more concrete."
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MASHABLESeptember 10, 2019Dr. Randy Auerbach says that part of the problem is providing seamless access to care for teens, particularly those at high risk for suicide.
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- September 10, 2019
Dr. Katherine Elkington, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology (in Psychiatry) at Columbia University, discusses the complex connection between suicide and substance use in adolescents.
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- September 4, 2019
Dr. Blake Zakarin discusses the relationship between sleep, mental health, and suicide in adolescents and steps we can all take to improve the quality of our sleep.
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MedscapeAugust 26, 2019Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman and Dr Christine Moutier, medical director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, discuss suicide risk and prevention.
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SCIENCE MAGAZINEAugust 23, 2019Scientists have already found several brain features that align with suicide risk. The best studied comes from neuroscientist Dr. John Mann.
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SCIENCE MAGAZINEAugust 22, 2019"You're not going to solve a lifetime of problems on a phone call," Dr. Madelyn Gould says. A next step is harnessing that call to chart a path to long-term care.
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scienceAugust 21, 2019"It's not a fact-finding mission, like we're kind of blindly throwing a spear," Dr. Randy Auerbach says. Instead, MAPS relies on established theories and data on suicidal behavior.
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