The M.I.N.D. Clinic for Mood and Personality Disorders is dedicated to research on mood disorders (major depression and bipolar disorder), borderline personality disorder, and the prevention of suicide and self-injury.
Our staff consists of research psychiatrists and psychologists with expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of these conditions. We strive to combine research into better ways of treating mood disorders and preventing suicidal behavior with optimal clinical care.
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Faculty in our division have international reputations and recognition for their research work and publish their research findings in leading research journals, including Biological Psychiatry, The American Journal of Psychiatry and the Journal of the American Medical Association: Psychiatry, and at national and international conferences, including those of The American Psychiatric Association, The Society of Biological Psychiatry, The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology ) and The Society for Neuroscience.
Below are additional educational resources:
Depression
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
Borderline Personality Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
Suicide Prevention
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center: (SPRC)
- Best Practices Registry provided by AFSP and SPRC
- International Academy of Suicide Research (IASR)
- International Association of Suicide Prevention (IASP)
- New York State Suicide Prevention – Educate, Recognize, Act (ERA), sponsored by the NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH)
Organizations Devoted to Depression and Suicide Research
- Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
- Society of Biological Psychiatry
- American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Our Institution
- Columbia University Medical Center
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
- Research Foundation of Mental Hygiene
- Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry, Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division (M.I.N.D.)
The Antidepressant Action of Ketamine: Brain Chemistry
Mechanisms Underlying Depression: PET Imaging of the Kappa Opioid Receptor
Using Ketamine For Treatment of Depression
WABC News Segment regarding our research on ketamine for treatment of depression
CNN Interview Segment with Dr. John Mann
Dr. John Mann appeared on CNN in conjunction with Robin Williams’ depression and suicide