The Days Are Getting Shorter, Here’s Why You May Be Feeling Down
Mariana Figueiro, PhD, Director of the Light and Health Research Center, explains seasonal affective disorder and how those who experience it can manage.
Mount Sinai Researchers Publish First Genome-Wide Analysis of Binge Eating Disorder
Binge eating disorder is the most common eating disorder in the United States, thought to affect as many as 3 percent of people during their lifetimes. Yet it remains poorly understood. Now, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have made...
New Study Explores Links Between Women’s Reproductive System and Mental Health Disorders
Both psychiatric disorders and disorders of the reproductive system are common in women of reproductive age. Often, they co-occur. “There is a lot of overlap between these two disease classes—but very little research into why that is,” says Nina Zaks, MS, Clinical...
Workplace Resilience Program Targets Health Care Worker Well-Being
What do resilient people do when times get tough? Researchers at Mount Sinai, including Dennis Charney, MD, the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and President for Academic Affairs of the Mount Sinai Health System, have a...
UPRISE: A New Model for Teen Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment
By the time students reach New York City’s Judith S. Kaye High School (JSK), multiple systems have failed them. As a public transfer school for students with significant barriers to their education, many of JSK’s students have faced significant adversity. “All of our...
Inpatient Psychiatry at Mount Sinai: Interdisciplinary Care and Cutting Edge Treatment
Stigma remains a big problem for psychiatry. Inpatient psychiatric care, in particular, has long suffered from unfair portrayal. The mere mention of an inpatient psychiatric unit conjures up images of Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. This stigma is...