Psychiatry

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Hot on the Trail: Schizophrenia

Hot on the Trail: Schizophrenia

On April 23, Dolores Malaspina, MD, MS, MSPH, published results of a study on marriage duration and how it affects schizophrenia risk in offspring. She found that if a specific man and a woman had a shorter duration of sexual contact before conception, their child...

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30 Years on the Forefront of Trauma Research

30 Years on the Forefront of Trauma Research

Dr. Yehuda in Burlington, Vermont, where she was giving a talk about molecular markers of suicide risk in returning veterans. In January, Rachel Yehuda, MS, PhD, was in Israel learning how to use MDMA-assisted psychotherapy to treat PTSD. MDMA, sometimes known as...

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Consortium Sheds New Light on Brain Disorders

Consortium Sheds New Light on Brain Disorders

More than two dozen researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are advancing brain science by mapping the complex molecular underpinnings of autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder through their work in the National...

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Innovations in Psychiatry: New Treatments for Depression

Innovations in Psychiatry: New Treatments for Depression

The Department of Psychiatry’s seventh annual symposium took place on Friday, February 8. The speakers covered emerging treatments for depression including ketamine, deep brain stimulation, and personalized treatment. “This symposium was an...

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APA 2019: Mount Sinai’s Presentations

APA 2019: Mount Sinai’s Presentations

This year’s American Psychiatric Association (APA) conference takes place May 18-22 in San Francisco. The schedule of sessions presented by faculty from the Department of Psychiatry is listed below. Veerle Bergink, MD, PhD, will speak on psychiatric illness during and...

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