News: Mental Health
Congratulations to Dr. Carmela Alcántara for Receiving Tenure at Columbia University
An exceptionally productive scholar, Alcántara has developed a research program that advances health equity on behalf of Latinx immigrants and…
Addressing the Psychological Fallout of the Coronavirus Pandemic
In mobilizing a response to the coronavirus, policymakers have yet to consider the mental health implications. A long-time member of…
Welfare Participation and Youth Depression: Correlation or Causation?
Professor Qin Gao has contributed to a paper showing that, while some studies are linking welfare participation and levels of…
Michael Friedman & Camille Alleyne: What Does the First Step Act Do for People with Mental Illness?
Adjunct professor teams up with MSW student to assess the impact of landmark criminal justice reform on justice-involved people with…
Journal Article Addresses Unique Mental Health Needs of China’s Migrant Children
Children of China’s many internal migrants have a hard time adjusting. Two alumni and a current student have co-written a…
In Honor of Doctoral Alumna Alice P. Lin, A Scholarship & Lecture Series on Public Policy and Administration
The Columbia School of Social Work announces the creation of the Alice P. Lin Lecture and Doctoral Scholarship in honor…
Austin Lecture 2017: Social Workers Need to Understand Impact of Cyber-interaction on Adolescents
Lucille N. Austin, who taught for many years at Columbia University’s School of Social Work, was an early proponent of…
Caring for Family Members with Severe Mental Illness: Dr. Rachel Pruchno’s Story
Mental illness is back in the news with the revelation that a young German pilot deliberately brought down Germanwings Flight 9525 in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 on board. This report on a clinical ground rounds talk by Dr. Rachel Pruchno provides a useful framework for some of the issues under debate.
New Study Brings Healthy Lifestyle Intervention to Underserved Clients in Two Cities
Associate Professor Leopoldo J. Cabassa has been awarded an R01 grant from the NIMH to conduct a trial of a peer-led healthy lifestyle intervention for clients who have mental illness and are overweight or obese.
Silence Is Fatal: Fighting Stigma About Depression and Suicide in Our Communities
Professor Leopoldo Cabassa speaks out on the importance of breaking the silence surrounding those who are depressed, in this article just now published in El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rico’s largest-circulation newspaper.
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