News Archive

Below are our archives. For the latest news from NYSPI and the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, visit Columbia Psychiatry News.


"Reading at Some Private Schools Is Delayed" by S. Nir in the NY Times

Dr. Stephen Sands comments on early reading

February 13, 2011
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To Defend the Accused in a Tucson Rampage, First a Battle to Get Inside a Mind, J. Goldstein and M. Lacey for the NY Times

Dr. Michael First on the challenges of working with mentally ill defendants

February 11, 2011
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"Bullying and Suicide: Detection and Intervention"

Dr. Madelyn Gould an author of this Psychiatric Times article

February 9, 2011
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FDA mulls future of electroshock therapy, by A. Gardner

Dr. D.P. Devanand describes the current and effective use of ECT for Health.com

January 25, 2011
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Two Weeks After Rampage in Tucson, Survivors Struggle With ‘What If?’

Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman discusses 'survivor's guilt' in the NY Times

January 24, 2011
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A Fighting Spirit Won’t Save Your Life

Dr. Richard Sloan, in the NY Times, writes about the persistent belief that the right attitude can prevent or cure illness

January 24, 2011
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Dr. Appelbaum comments on predicting acts of violence in the Wall Street Journal

Suspect's Downward Spiral by L.Eaton, D.Gilbert and A.Zimmerman

January 12, 2011
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Jared Loughner Case: Should Mentally Ill Be Locked up Against Their Will? by Neil Katz, David W Freeman

Dr. Lieberman comments on Jared Loughner's case on CBS News

January 11, 2011
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The Rhetoric Did Not Make Him Do It--but It Didn't Help, Either By Jim O'Sullivan

Dr. Lieberman discusses the case in the National Journal

January 11, 2011
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