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AIDS and Mental Health in a Rural South African Community
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This study integrated screening for common mental disorders into a demographic health survey in a rural community in South Africa heavily affected by the AIDS epidemic. . . . More »
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Collins, Pamela
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South Africa
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A-ONE Training Program
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Collaborative education program focused on training occupational-therapy practitioners around the world to use standardized assessment procedures. The assessment (Arnadottir's Occupational Therapy . . . More »
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Gillen, Glen
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Iceland
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Brazil HIV Prevention for the Severely Mentally Ill
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The goal of this study is to adapt, refine, and pilot a provider-delivered HIV-prevention intervention for men and women with SMI in Brazil in order to (1) impart skills to mental-health-care . . . More »
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Wainberg, Milton
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Brazil
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Child and Adult Mental Health in Rwanda
College of Physicians and Surgeons
National mental health survey in Rwanda including an evaluation of psychosocial programs for trauma. . . . More »
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Neugebauer, Richard
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Rwanda
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Croatian Medical Journal
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Has been on publication's Advisory Board since the publication's inception.
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Erlenmeyer-Kimling, L
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Croatia
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Cross-Cultural Differences in the Report of Pain and Emotion: China
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Multidimensional Affect and Pain Survey (MAPS) is a 101-item questionnaire suitable for administration to patients with acute and chronic pain. To date, it has been administered to patients . . . More »
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Clark, Wilder
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China
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Cross-Cultural Differences in the Report of Pain and Emotion: Italy
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Multidimensional Affect of Pain Survey (MAPS) is a 101-item questionnaire suitable for administration to patients with acute and chronic pain. To date, it has been administered to patients . . . More »
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Clark, Wilder
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Italy
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Cross-Cultural Differences in the Report of Pain and Emotion: Russian Federation
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Multidimensional Affect and Pain Survey (MAPS) is a 101-item questionnaire suitable for administration to patients with acute and chronic pain. To date, it has been administered to patients . . . More »
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Clark, Wilder
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Russian Federation (Europe)
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Cross-National Comparison of Mental Hospital Closures in New York and London
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This project is a cross-national comparison of the effects on quality-of-life patient outcomes related to the closure of psychiatric hospitals in New York and London. The project takes a close look . . . More »
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Toner, John
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United Kingdom
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Development of an Algorithm for Unipolar Depression, Institutional Mental Health, Peking
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Developing an algorithm for unipolar depression for the Chinese government . . . More »
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Quitkin, Frederic
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China
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DNA Marker Study of Linkage to Schizophrenia: Program 1
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This study is concerned with the collection of families that have two or more members affected with schizophrenia. In each family, both affected and unaffected individuals receive diagnostic . . . More »
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Erlenmeyer-Kimling, L
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Croatia
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DNA Marker Study of Linkage to Schizophrenia: Program 2
College of Physicians and Surgeons, College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Croation-U.S. Study of genetic linkage in schizophrenia is a genetic-linkage and association study of families with schizophrenia, which makes use of the psychosis register established in Croatia . . . More »
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Erlenmeyer-Kimling, L
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Croatia
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Eastern European Child Abuse and Child Mental Health Project
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Beginning in 1995, we trained mental-health workers in basic concepts of treatment and prevention of child abuse. We then facilitated the creation of interdisciplinary teams, organized into . . . More »
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Lewis, Owen
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Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Moldova
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Ethiopian Public Health Training Initiative
Mailman School of Public Health
This is a broad program developing training materials and holding training conferences for Ethiopian health workers of all types. It has been in place for a number of years and includes the 5 . . . More »
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Brown, Roy
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Ethiopia
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Features of Social Phobia in the United States and Korea
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Study compares clinical features of outpatients with social phobia in New York and Korea. . . . More »
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Schneier, Franklin
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Korea (south)
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Genetic Epidemiology of Aging Traits in Korean Populations
Mailman School of Public Health
The goal of this study is to examine how gene and environment interact to influence aging traits by studying Koreans who live in different parts of the world. For this pilot study, we are collecting . . . More »
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Lee, Joseph H.
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Kazakhstan
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Genetic Linkage Markers in Affective Disorders
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Search for linkage between DNA markers and affective disorders in a large series of Israeli pedigrees with high density of bipolar disorder. . . . More »
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Baron, Miron
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Israel
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Geriatric Psychiatry Specialty Training
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Columbia University Geriatric Psychiatry Residency and Fellowship Programs at the Stroud Center within the Faculty of Medicine is collaborating with the British Royal College of Psychiatrists to . . . More »
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Toner, John
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United States of America, United Kingdom
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Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed People in Uganda
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Myrna Weissman directed a study to modify group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for depression for use in Uganda. She sent a team to train local mental-health professionals in IPT procedures and . . . More »
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Weissman, Myrna
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Uganda
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Head Irradiation in Early Childhood and Risk of Schizophrenia
Mailman School of Public Health
This project tests the hypothesis that exposure of the skull to ionizing radiation in early childhood increases risk of schizophrenia later in life. Effect of radiation on IQ in adolescence, and the . . . More »
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Gross, Raz
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Israel
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HIV Mental Health Training Project
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The project provides free training on the latest developments in mental health aspects of the AIDS epidemic. Since 1992 we have trained both health care and mental health care providers throughout . . . More »
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McKinnon, Karen
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Brazil, Chile, China, South Africa, Venezuela
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Jerusalem Perinatal Cohort Schizophrenia Study
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Obstetric complications and other perinatal exposures are hypothesized to increase the risk for schizophrenia. However, studies in this area are usually limited by sample size and by their reliance . . . More »
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Malaspina, Dolores
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Israel
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Juvenile Justice Project
College of Physicians and Surgeons
In 2001 the Center for the Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice was created at Columbia University with Dr. Wasserman as Director. The Center’s Steering Committee includes experienced and . . . More »
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Wasserman, Gail
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United States of America
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Life Outcome Study of Former Child Soldiers in Mozambique
Mailman School of Public Health
There are an estimated 300,000 children under 18 years of age who are engaged as armed combatants around the world (Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, 2002). In light of this, the . . . More »
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Boothby, Neil
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Mozambique
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Light Visor Treatment for Jet Lag: Controlled Field Study
College of Physicians and Surgeons
We have recently concluded a field study of the efficacy of bright-light administration in facilitating circadian rhythm adaptation to a new time zone after westward transmeridian travel. Circadian . . . More »
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Terman, Michael
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Switzerland
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Magnetic Seizure Therapy for the Treatment of Depression
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Despite advances in psychopharmacology, major depression remains a significant public-health problem and a substantial proportion of patients do not respond to conventional treatments. . . . More »
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Lisanby, Sarah
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Switzerland
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Maintenance and Stimulation of Projects in Support of the Seven Medical Schools, and the Biomedical Research Agencies, in Taiwan.
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Maintenance and Stimulation of Projects in Support of the Seven Medical Schools, and the Biomedical Research Agencies, in Taiwan. . . . More »
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Pierson Jr, Richard
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Republic of China (Taiwan)
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Mother-Infant Interaction and Maternal Depression
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This study examines a community sample of 132 mother-infant pairs for the role of maternal depression in the organization of mother and infant self- and interactive regulation. . . . More »
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Beebe, Beatrice
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United States of America
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Prevalence of Dementia
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Prevalence of dementia in the north and south of Italy.
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Hauser, Willard
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Italy
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Psychiatric Impact of Exposure to 2003 Outbreak of SARS on Youth in China
Mailman School of Public Health
The study will examine exposure to the 2003
SARS outbreak among children of medical
professionals in Beijing and assess Post-
Traumatic Stress Disorder (or PTSD
symptoms)and other psychiatric . . . More »
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Wu, Ping
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China
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Support Groups for Mothers, Children, and Parent-Child Video Bonding Consultations for Women Pregnant and Widowed on 9-11
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This is a treatment project offering weekly support groups and periodic mother-child video bonding consultations for these 9-11 widows. The project also inclueds a research component. . . . More »
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Beebe, Beatrice
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United States of America
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The Center for the Study of Trauma and Resilience
College of Physicians and Surgeons
To develop state-of-the-art research and education in the area of psychological trauma and its aftermath. . . . More »
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Neria, Yuval
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United States of America
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The Extended Child and Adolescent Mental Health Public Delivery System in Brazil: Dimensions of Exclusion
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The goal of this project is to design a
methodology to describe how child mental
health service delivery has been occuring in
Brazil. A comparative pilot study will be
conducted in 5 sites from a . . . More »
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Duarte, Christiane
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Brazil
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The Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Our Institute brings together Columbia
scientists from different disciplines whose
research interests are in the processes of
. . . More »
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Hofer, Myron A.
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United States of America
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The Sleep Disorders Center
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Sleep Disorders Center is a clinical and research facility that uses the most advanced knowledge and understanding of the controls of sleep and wakefulness for the diagnosis and treatment of all . . . More »
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Kavey, Neil
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United States of America
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The Use of ECT in Schizophrenia
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Programmatic research into the utility of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and pharmacological agents in the acute treatment of patients with medication-resistant schizophrenia, and the study of . . . More »
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Sackeim, Harold
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Thailand
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The World Initiative
Mailman School of Public Health
Since the beginning of 2004, a small group of
researchers in Child Epidemiology under the
direction of Christina Hoven, have been
reviewing vast amounts of social, political
and economic information . . . More »
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Hoven, Christina
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United States of America
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Tissue Collection for Neuropathologic Studies of Major Psychiatric Illness
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Since 1996, in collaboration with the School of Medicine and the three major psychiatric hospitals (Skopje, Negorci, and Demir Hisar) in the Republic of Macedonia, we have been collecting autopsy . . . More »
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Rosoklija, Gorazd
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Training Greek Psychiatrists in Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dr. Verdeli, an assistant professor of psychology who conducts research and teaches at the NYSPI and Columbia University, has started an IPT training program of Greek psychiatrists and psychologists, . . . More »
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Verdeli, Lena
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Greece
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Training in Use of the PANSS
Columbia University Medical Center
The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) is a 30-item 7-point symptom severity rating scale used to evaluate persons with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders in clinical and research . . . More »
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Opler, Lewis
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United States of America
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WHO/WPA Awareness Campaign
Mailman School of Public Health
On behalf of the World Psychiatric Association
(WPA) in collaboration with the World Health
Organization (WHO) the International
Association for Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry and Allied Professions . . . More »
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Hoven, Christina
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Egypt, Brazil, China, Uganda, Russian Federation (Asia), Israel, Armenia
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World Psychiatric Association (WPA)/World Health Organization (WHO) Services Taskforce on Children's Mental Health
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
Presidential Program on Child Mental health
has developed a Comprehensive System for Child
and Adolescent Mental Health consisting of
three programs: Community . . . More »
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Murray, Laura
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United States of America, China, Russian Federation (Asia), Brazil, Lebanon, Israel
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