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August 12, 2009
Columbia Researchers Find Diet Plays Role in Alzheimer’’s ... new research finds that following a Mediterranean-style diet may also have an impact…
August 7, 2009
New Study Focuses on Schizophrenia “This project will give us strategies that may change the course of illness for patients early in the disease process,” [Jeffrey] Lieberman said...
August 6, 2009
Lingering Health Effects from WTC Attack Columbia University researchers are participating in the World Trade Center Health Registry, the largest post-disaster exposure registry in U.S. history.
August 5, 2009
Antidepressants in America: New Study Antidepressant use in the U.S. doubled from 1996 to 2005, according to a new report in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.
August 4, 2009
Number of Americans Taking Antidepressants Doubles The number of Americans using antidepressants doubled in only a decade, while the number seeing psychiatrists continued to fall, says Dr. Mark Olfson of CUMC/NYSPI.
July 20, 2009
Columbia One of Four Leading Study to Reduce Military Suicide A $50 million study is designed to investigate ways to reduce suicide among U.S. military personnel, researchers said.
July 2, 2009
Breathe in...Breathe out Dr. Richard Brown, an integrative psychiatrist at Columbia University Medical Center, has been studying and teaching a variety of breathwork practices for years.
June 17, 2009
Far More Chinese Have Mental Illness Than Previously Thought
June 15, 2009
Study Finds Association between Sudden Death and Stimulant Medications Sudden Death and Use of Stimulant Medications in Youth by Dr. Madelyn S. Gould and colleagues of the NYS Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University Medical Center is the first study to rigorously address concerns that the therapeutic use of stimulants, like amphetamine and dextroamphetamine, may increase the risk for sudden unexplained death in children.
June 9, 2009
Study Links Teen Depression Risk to Bedtimes The lesson for parents is simple, [Dr. James] Gangwisch says: Try as much as possible to sell teenagers on the importance of getting enough sleep...
June 17, 2009
