In NYTimes Interview Dr. Yuval Neria Comments on Effects of Terror Trial on NYers
November 18, 2009
"...while the trial could be cathartic for some, "for others, it will be brutally painful," Neria said.
Dr. Mark Olfson and the Dangers of Over-Prescribing Antipsychotics
November 10, 2009
"A concern that arises when you have someone seeing an inordinate number of patients is: Do they have time to care for people?" said Olfson, who specializes in psychiatric practices.
Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman Joins Panel on CNN re: Stress and Military Personnel
November 10, 2009
"This incident is tragic, but replete with ironies," said Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, Chairman of Columbia Psychiatry.
Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman Comments on Fort Hood Shooter
November 9, 2009
“Mass shooters are impelled by a mental disorder, revenge, some type of ideological motivation or even perversion,” said Dr. Lieberman
Dr. Sarah Lisanby Discusses Alternatives to Antidepressants
November 9, 2009
ECT, which has been controversial since the days when it was performed without anesthesia and sometimes without proper consent, has evolved considerably in recent years...
Dr. John Mann Joins Congress in Addressing Stressors Facing Soldiers
November 6, 2009
Suicide in the armed forces has risen sharply in recent years to rates equal to those in comparable, demographically adjusted civilian populations, prompting a $60 million study of suicidality in the Army and Marines...
Dr. Kelly Posner on Student Suicide and College Depression
November 4, 2009
"Forty-nine percent of college students say they’’’’ve been so depressed at any one time that they have trouble functioning..."
Suicide Expert Madelyn Gould Reacts to Teen Suicides in CA
November 2, 2009
"These poor kids died from an untreated psychiatric illness, or undertreated. It's not as if it's a mysterious thing and it's not as if it's not preventable," ...
CATIE Study Leader Jeffrey Lieberman On New Study of Adverse Effects of Antipsychotics
October 29, 2009
"Calls for regular monitoring of weight and metabolic parameters in children and youth and others early in the course of antipsychotic treatment are clearly warranted."
Columbia Psychiatry Reports Important New Finding Re: Parkinson's
October 22, 2009
An unprecedented worldwide study has clinched the case that the gene behind Gaucher disease, a rare neurological disorder, is also involved in Parkinson’’s disease.
