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Prescriptions for buprenorphine, an opioid addiction medication, have increased in all age groups but the young, a new study has found.
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Prenatal exposure to PDBEs—compounds previously used as flame retardants—may increase the risk of reading problems in children, a new study from Columbia University Irving Medical Center has found.
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The fall/winter 2019 issue of Columbia Medicine magazine explores the epidemic of suicide, which is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States.
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A single infusion of ketamine plus behavioral therapy helped alcohol-dependent individuals reduce their drinking, a new study finds.
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- August 19, 2016
Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center found that men had greater pain relief than women after smoking marijuana.
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- August 18, 2016
A P&S physician discusses her goals for the psychiatry profession and the future of suicide prevention.
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- July 28, 2016
Reducing firearm access, smart gun technology, and public education could reduce firearm suicides in the United States, a new report finds.
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- July 28, 2016
Dr. Joshua Gordon has been selected as the new director of the National Institute of Mental Health at the NIH.
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- July 22, 2016
People with moderate or severe pain have a 41 percent higher risk of developing prescription opioid use disorders, researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have found.
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- June 16, 2016
In cases of complicated grief, an antidepressant is useful for treating co-occurring depressive symptoms, a new Columbia study has found.
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- June 6, 2016
An international observational study led by Columbia University researchers has uncovered widespread differences in the treatment of patients with common chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and depression.
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- May 26, 2016
Researchers from Columbia and Finland report an association between maternal nicotine level during pregnancy and increased risk for schizophrenia in children.
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- May 20, 2016
Researchers from Harvard and Columbia have found that trauma and PTSD symptoms increase the risk of blood clots in women.
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- May 6, 2016
After a manic episode, adults with bipolar disorder are just as likely to experience anxiety as depression, finds a new Columbia Psychiatry study.
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