A pilot program from the Department of Psychiatry for Columbia University medical plan participants offers a new approach to helping new parents and pregnant people access mental health care.
A model that examines the dynamics underlying suicide contagion following a celebrity death could help in developing a rapid response to prevent suicide.
In honor of Pride Month, the Columbia Gender & Sexuality Program offers a family-friendly guide to support LGBTQIA+ youth and caregivers and a list of events taking place across the city.
Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Rep. Mike Lawler (NY-17) have introduced the Community Mental Wellness Worker Training Act to increase the availability of mental health services to the underserved.
Among young adults who smoke cigarettes, vaping may increase daily cigarette smoking and deter quitting, a new study by Columbia psychiatrists has found.
A new study suggests that antidepressants may control symptoms of schizophrenia better than other types of psychiatric drugs when combined with antipsychotic drugs.
The tiny CA2 region of the brain allows memories to influence the decision to be socially aggressive and may contribute to abnormal social behaviors associated with some mental illnesses.
An increase in mental health care is being driven by people with little or no psychological distress, while many with serious distress don’t get the care they need, Columbia researchers have found.
Columbia psychiatrists say current names for psychotropic medications adversely affect patient care and clinicians should adopt new names that do not increase stigma.
Suicidal thoughts are a normal reaction to an abnormal set of circumstances, says Columbia psychologist Ali Mattu, but the silence around suicide isolates people when they need help the most.
Insomnia accounts for a significantly greater loss of quality of life at the population level than arthritis, obesity, or depressive disorders, a new study from Columbia Psychiatry has found.