Grand Rounds Calendar
The Columbia University Department of Psychiatry and New York State Psychiatric Institute host Psychiatry Grand Rounds Wednesdays at 11:00 AM ET. All events are accessible via Zoom, with some hybrid events.
For Grand Rounds inquiries, including nominations or to meet with a speaker, please email us at: grandrounds@nyspi.columbia.edu.
For a list of past Grand Rounds events and links to video recordings, please visit the Grand Rounds Archive.
April 30
Youth Depression, Suicide, and Links to Smartphone Usage
David Pagliaccio, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurobiology (in Psychiatry)
Columbia University
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Zoom Details
Meeting ID: 810 0337 6121
Passcode: 598948
Dial in: +1 646 558 8656
Zoom Link
Recommended Readings
- Burstein, B., Agostino, H., & Greenfield, B. (2019). Suicidal Attempts and Ideation Among Children and Adolescents in US Emergency Departments, 2007-2015. JAMA pediatrics, 173(6), 598–600. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.0464
- di Giacomo, E., Krausz, M., Colmegna, F., Aspesi, F., & Clerici, M. (2018). Estimating the Risk of Attempted Suicide Among Sexual Minority Youths: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA pediatrics, 172(12), 1145–1152. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.2731
- Barzilay, R., Pagliaccio, D., Funkhouser, C. J., & Auerbach, R. P. (2025). Is Social Media Increasing Risk for Mental Health Problems Among Youth?: It’s Complicated. In Handbook of Children and Screens (pp. 275-281). Springer, Cham. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/386505182_Is_Social_Media_Increasing_Risk_for_Mental_Health_Problems_Among_Youth_It's_Complicated
- Bitran, A. M., Sritharan, A., Trivedi, E., Helgren, F., Buchanan, S. N., Durham, K., Li, L. Y., Funkhouser, C. J., Allen, N. B., Shankman, S. A., Auerbach, R. P., & Pagliaccio, D. (2024). The effects of family support and smartphone-derived homestay on daily mood and depression among sexual and gender minority adolescents. Journal of psychopathology and clinical science, 133(5), 358–367. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000917
- Pagliaccio D. (2024). Mental health disparities among sexual and gender minority students in higher education. Journal of American college health : J of ACH, 1–12. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2024.2404944
May 7
Alexander Glassman Grand Rounds & Award
Pharmacotherapy for Depression in the Post-Ketamine World
Sanjay Mathew, MD
Marjorie Bintliff Johnson and Raleigh White Johnson, Jr. Vice Chair for Research
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Zoom Details
Meeting ID: 810 0337 6121
Passcode: 598948
Dial in: +1 646 558 8656
Zoom Link
Recommended Readings
- Anand, A., Mathew, S. J., Sanacora, G., Murrough, J. W., Goes, F. S., Altinay, M., Aloysi, A. S., Asghar-Ali, A. A., Barnett, B. S., Chang, L. C., Collins, K. A., Costi, S., Iqbal, S., Jha, M. K., Krishnan, K., Malone, D. A., Nikayin, S., Nissen, S. E., Ostroff, R. B., Reti, I. M., … Hu, B. (2023). Ketamine versus ECT for Nonpsychotic Treatment-Resistant Major Depression. The New England journal of medicine, 388(25), 2315–2325. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2302399
- Mathew, S. J., Cutler, A. J., Visitacion, N. C., Gold, M., Yuan, J., & Aurora, B. (2025). Navacaprant, a Novel and Highly Selective Kappa Opioid Receptor Antagonist, in Adults With Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized, Double-Blind Phase 2 Clinical Trial. Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 10.1097/JCP.0000000000001967. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/JCP.0000000000001967
- Schatzberg, A. F., & Mathew, S. J. (2024). The why, when, where, how, and so what of so-called rapidly acting antidepressants. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 49(1), 189–196. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-023-01647-8
May 14
Mass Shootings and Mental Illness: Findings From the Columbia Mass Murder Database
Ragy R. Girgis, MD, MS
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University Department of Psychiatry
New York State Psychiatric Institute
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Zoom Details
Meeting ID: 810 0337 6121
Passcode: 598948
Dial in: +1 646 558 8656
Zoom Link
Recommended Readings
- Lankford A, Silver J, Cox J. An epidemiological analysis of public mass shooters and active shooters: Quantifying key differences between perpetrators and the general population, homicide offenders, and people who die by suicide. Journal of Threat Assessment and Management. 2021;8(4):125-44. doi: 10.1037/tam0000166. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-82284-001
- Brucato, G., Appelbaum, P. S., Hesson, H., Shea, E. A., Dishy, G., Lee, K., Pia, T., Syed, F., Villalobos, A., Wall, M. M., Lieberman, J. A., & Girgis, R. R. (2021). Psychotic symptoms in mass shootings v. mass murders not involving firearms: findings from the Columbia mass murder database. Psychological medicine, 1–9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291721000076. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33595428/
- The Violence Project database of mass shootings in the United States, 1966-2020 [database on the Internet]. 2020 [cited. Available from: https://www.theviolenceproject.org/.