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Share This The FINANCIAL -- Recent news reports proclaiming pediatric mental health visits to the ER are on the rise, youth suicide is at a record high, and half of all college students meet the criteria for one or more mental health disorders are telling us that we have a problem on our hands. To explore the issues behind the headlines, Columbia’s Department of Psychiatry and School of Journalism recently hosted an online forum, “Youth and Mental Illness: What is Going On?”, the third in an ongoing series of mental health programs developed by the Columbia Department of Psychiatry ...

 E-Mail People with schizophrenia, a mental disorder that affects mood and perception of reality, are almost three times more likely to die from the coronavirus than those without the psychiatric illness, a new study shows. Their higher risk, the investigators say, cannot be explained by other factors that often accompany serious mental health disorders, such as higher rates of heart disease, diabetes, and smoking. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the investigation showed that schizophrenia is by far the biggest risk factor (2.7 times increased odds of dying) after age...

CUIMC Update Learn about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout for front-line health care personnel at CUIMC Get the Latest Information CUIMC Update - Jan. 11, 2021 January 11, 2021 NEWS COVID-19 Vaccine and Distribution: CUIMC Towns Halls Today and Tuesday CUIMC-wide town halls on the COVID-19 vaccine and distribution will be offered twice this week: today at 1 p.m. and tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. Each session will include up-to-date information on the COVID-19 vaccines and how they are being distributed to CUIMC personnel. Each town hall will include a Q&A session. Registration via the links above is re...