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A new study of elderly Hispanics found that hearing loss increased the risk of depression symptoms.
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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.
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For parents struggling with a child's back-to-school anxiety, Columbia University psychologist Anne Marie Albano has some advice.
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The brain’s spiny neurons help us make decisions, but without a dose of dopamine at a specific time in childhood, the neurons remain immature.
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- August 21, 2018
A Mailman study of more than 1 million pregnancies in Finland reports that prenatal exposure to elevated levels of DDT is associated with an increased risk for autism.
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- August 13, 2018
Letters written to frequent prescribers of Seroquel, which can cause harmful side effects in the elderly, significantly reduced the number of prescriptions for Medicare patients.
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- August 2, 2018
A new clinical trial suggests that donepezil does not improve cognitive performance in people with mild cognitive impairment who also have clinical depression.
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- July 13, 2018
Neuroimaging studies of children with autism reveal structural differences in the cerebellum, a neuron-dense brain region.
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- June 28, 2018
New brain cells born during adulthood increase resilience to stress by dampening activity in the brain’s hippocampus, finds a new study from researchers in Columbia Psychiatry.
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- June 21, 2018
Survivors of opioid overdose are more likely to die from respiratory diseases, viral hepatitis, and suicide—in addition to drug-related causes—than non-drug users, says a new study from Columbia Psychiatry.
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- June 13, 2018
Adults taking medications with depression as a side effect were more likely to have depression, and the risk increased with the number of medications taken, a new study has found.
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- June 1, 2018
OnTrackNY, a care program for individuals with early psychosis, decreased hospitalization rates from 70 percent to 10 percent and doubled rates of participation in education and employment.
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- April 27, 2018
Columbia psychiatrist Rachel Zuckerbrot, MD, talks about new screening guidelines she co-authored to help pediatricians detect and treat depression in adolescents.
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- April 24, 2018
The new Wellness Center in Manhattanville—directed by CUIMC physicians Olajide Williams and Sidney Hankerson—offers a host of programs for improved health.
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