Twenty Years Later: A Grim Anniversary as Mount Sinai Remains a Lifeline for 9/11 Responders
On the evening of Tuesday, September 11, 2001—with fires burning at the site of where the twin towers had stood that morning and several thousand people still unaccounted for—a group of physicians from the Mount Sinai Selikoff Centers for Occupational Health met to...
My Child Is Anxious About Returning to School In Person. How Can I Help Them?
With the start of the new school year, many kids may be relieved to return to in-person learning. But others may feel more anxious. In fact, experts at the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center anticipate that this transition may be especially challenging and...
Brian Sweis, MD, PhD: A Physician-Scientist’s Approach to Psychiatry
The past few decades have seen a surge in neuroscience breakthroughs, but translating those findings into better outcomes for patients has been slow and, in some cases, non-existent. Neuroscientists who train as clinicians can narrow that interdisciplinary divide....
Should I Tell My Doctor About My Cannabis Use?
Now that New York and many other states around the country have decriminalized medicinal and recreational cannabis, some are interested in partaking. To those people, Yasmin Hurd, PhD, Director of the Addiction Institute of Mount Sinai, advises that marijuana is just...
Pandemic’s Toll on Mount Sinai Front-Line Staff Is Surveyed, and Addressed
Front-line staff who were already feeling burnout showed the most signs of mental distress during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, while those who fared best had an active social network and felt supported by their supervisors. These were among the many lessons...
Alexa Salguero-Diaz: From Trauma and Truancy to Valedictorian
On June 25, Alexa Salguero-Diaz joined her classmates from her laptop to deliver her valedictorian speech for their virtual high school graduation. “A few years ago, I didn't think about my future,” she said. “I didn’t even think I had one. But now, I'm...