Grazie, Gaby
October 4, 2019
This week I write from Bologna, one of the places that I call home. It is almost 40 years ago that I arrived as a university student. Gabriella Conti was in search of an English
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Year: 2019
Mental Health and Climate Change
September 27, 2019
Last Friday, several members of our Global Mental Health Programs joined an estimated 300,000 people to participate in the Global Climate Strike in Foley Square. One of over 2,500 events held in over 163 countries
Innovative (Women) Leaders in Global Mental Health
September 20, 2019
Earlier this month, Forbes Magazine released its list of America’s 100 Most Innovative Leaders. 99 men and 1 woman. Really? Outrageous on so many levels, even after Forbes provided its methodology. So much so, that
Know My Name
September 13, 2019
Trigger warning: sexual assault, sexual abuse, PTSD, suicide Chanel Miller, the victim of the now-infamous sexual assault case at Stanford University in 2015, has decided to share her name. She was known as Emily Doe when she
More on Eating Disorders
September 6, 2019
Five on Friday is coming to you late because I have been fully consumed for the past few days with the Eating Disorders Research Society annual meeting. The inaugural launch of this Society was in
Today’s My Lucky Day
August 30, 2019
I spent the morning at DMV. How can that be lucky? Who wants to spend the last day of summer vacation at the DMV? I would have said no one but the hundred-person line in
Lisbon, Mental Health & Jewish History
August 23, 2019
Lisbon is all the rage right now. Most visitors come to see the seven hills and Tagus River Harbor, the moorish architecture and historic cobblestones, and to taste bacalhau and pastel de nata. I am here for
“Mom, I’m Bored”
August 16, 2019
Music to my ears. But this wasn’t always so. As parents, we have been brainwashed to be afraid of hearing those dreaded words: “I’m bored.” The same thing happened in healthcare around pain when, in
Mental Health Decisions in this Era of Information Overload
August 9, 2019
Two of my kids just had their annual dental checkups. The dentist, who I like very much, recommends that they have their wisdom teeth removed. Sort of straightforward, except that a growing number of oral
Summer Vacation: Reads to Inspire Your Imagination
August 2, 2019
Today marks the last day of a two-week vacation with my family. Three generations together among great tortoises and blue footed boobies in the Galapagos and cattle and condors in the Andes. It was a
Many Thanks to our 2019 Summer Interns
July 26, 2019
This summer, we have had thirteen interns working here in New York City with Columbia faculty and post-docs to advance mental health research, policy and advocacy. To name just a few projects: Interns were engaged
What’s On Our Mind: Dementia
July 19, 2019
This week, we launched a new series called “What’s On Our Mind” to provide a space where we can talk with experts from around the world about current mental health issues. Hosted on Facebook Live
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