In honor of Pride Month, the Columbia Gender & Sexuality Program offers a family-friendly guide to support LGBTQIA+ youth and caregivers and a list of events taking place across the city.
Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Rep. Mike Lawler (NY-17) have introduced the Community Mental Wellness Worker Training Act to increase the availability of mental health services to the underserved.
A new program at Columbia is working to equip the next generation of pediatricians with the skills to address common mental health concerns in their patients.
Extended-release naltrexone initiated after just five to seven days of seeking treatment is more effective than starting treatment after the traditional interim stage of 10 to 15 days.
The National Academy of Medicine named Hankerson one of ten 2021 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine—scholars who are poised to shape the future of science, medicine, and health equity.
Research after 9/11 has helped psychiatry better understand the mental health impact of terrorism on those grieving lost loved ones and even those who witness events through the media.
Researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons are leading the first U.S. trial of an experimental vaccine designed to treat an opioid use disorder.
Columbia psychiatrist Sidney Hankerson, MD, in an interview with the Macy Foundation, discusses racism as a driver of health disparities and how he’s working with churches to improve access to care.
With the help of brain imaging and a clip from the “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” Columbia psychiatrists have discovered a part of the human brain necessary for understanding social interactions.
A new study found that post-infection, Danish people diagnosed with Lyme disease had a 28% higher rate of mental disorders and were twice as likely to have attempted suicide.