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Jeremy M. Veenstra-Weele, MD, explained that some repetitive behaviors are enjoyable or soothing in ASD, and others may represent a habit or be used to make life more predictable.

Ragy Girgis, MD, associate professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia, said only a small minority of mass shooters are taking therapeutic doses of these medications at the time of the shootings.

Cannabis addiction can cause a dramatic decrease in quality of life, said Christina Brezing, MD, an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia.

Dr. Catherine Monk will lead the center, which has been created with a $21 million gift from the Bezos Family Foundation.