But policies that dismiss mental health as less important than physical health endanger patients, said Dr. Paul Appelbaum, a Columbia University psychiatrist.
Unmedicated children may struggle to learn and regulate their behavior in class, Warren Ng, a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, tells TODAY.com.
Editor's Note: Helen Ouyang, the author of this opinion piece, is an associate professor of emergency medicine at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
“He was fascinated by how people behaved, and why they behaved that way,” said Prudence Fisher, a research scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
Andrea Califano, a systems biologist at Columbia University who is directing the New York Biohub, said they hope to make significant progress on decoding the immune “language” in three years.
“Next to air,” water is “really the most important thing for maintenance of your health,” said Tsion Firew, a physician at Columbia University who has worked on water access in humanitarian settings.
Editor's Note: In this piece, Lorraine Frazier, dean of the School of Nursing, describes her journey from breast cancer patient to breast cancer survivor.
“These results contribute to the growing evidence of how urban design affects the health and well-being in aging populations,” said Andrew Rundle, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University.
