For Transplant Patients and Donors, Mount Sinai’s Transplant Psychiatrists Offer Unique Assistance
For a patient and their loves ones, preparing for an organ transplant is never easy, and the same holds true for someone considering donating an organ. Mount Sinai’s transplant psychiatry program is one of many resources there to help with the process and, in the end,...
Can Exercise Improve My Mental Health?
Exercise is great for your body—and your mind. When you engage in any physical activity, your brain releases “feel-good” chemicals (dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphins) that boost your mood. In addition, forming long-term exercise habits can reduce your risk...
Clinical Neuroscience Fellow Looks Into the Brain to Improve OCD Treatments
“What drives people to keep having certain thoughts and engaging in certain behaviors, well past the point when it is adaptive?” That is the question underlying the research of Andrew H. Smith, MD, PhD, a clinical neuroscience fellow at the Icahn School of Medicine at...
Mount Sinai Researcher Launches Three Studies of Alzheimer’s Disease in Asian Americans
Clara Li, PhD, a clinical neuropsychologist and Associate Professor, Psychiatry, at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has received new grants that will total more than $12 million from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes...
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...