Columbia Global Mental Health Program partners with musician Mike Sabath on...
The LewisboroLedger features musician Mike Sabath’s efforts to raise mental health awareness and collaboration with the Columbia Global Mental Health Program on a global mental health song. The...
View ArticlePatrick Kennedy urges new course on mental health and addiction
In The Hill this week, former Representative Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) shares his views on the comprehensive mental health legislation Congress is currently considering, applauding it as a crucial...
View ArticleGlobal Mental Health University Seminar: Highlights 2014-2015
The Columbia University Seminar on Global Mental Health convened six seminars during the 2014-2015 academic year, featuring leading experts and researchers from a broad range of disciplines, whose work...
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Executive Director Kathy Pike Speaks at Kennedy Forum Conference
On June 9th, 2015, Dr. Kathleen Pike, Executive Director of the Columbia University Global Mental Health Program, joined four other leaders in mental health onstage alongside former Representative...
View ArticleJED Foundation Debuts #MyOwnWay Music Video
The JED Foundation, in collaboration with musician and mental health advocate Jay Stolar, debuted the music video “My Own Way” on Tuesday as part of their ‘Love is Louder’ campaign. A portion of the...
View ArticleThe Hill Publishes Op-ed by Executive Director Kathy Pike
The Hill published an op-ed by GMHP Executive Director Kathy Pike on their Congress Blog earlier this month. Making the case for mental health, the column headlined: “Want a safer, more prosperous...
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Kenneth Cole Ad Campaign Puts Mental Health in Spotlight
American designer and fashion icon Kenneth Cole has added his name to the growing list of celebrities and public figures using their visibility and influence as a platform to advocate for mental...
View ArticlePatrick Kennedy joins Kathy Pike in urging the UN to get mental health on the...
In an Op-ed in The Guardian this week, GMHP Executive Director Kathy Pike and Patrick J. Kennedy, stressed the urgent need for the United Nations (UN) to explicitly recognize mental health as one of...
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Africa Mental Health Foundation Awarded 700,000 CAD fund for mental health...
Nairobi, Kenya – September 21, 2015 – The TEAM initiative—a mental health program conceived by the Africa Mental Health Foundation (AMHF) based in Nairobi, Kenya in collaboration with the Columbia...
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CSPNJ Site Visit
Learning / Listening – January, 2016 – GMHP International Advisory Board members visited two programs of CSPNJ, a peer-run mental health agency in New Jersey. The visit was arranged through Board...
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Clinic-hopping through Kenya with Dr. Rebello
In 2015, the Columbia University Global Mental Health Program, in collaboration with our partners at the Africa Mental Health Foundation, was awarded a large grant from Grand Challenges Canada to help...
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In our family, we have a tradition of dinner together at home on Friday evenings. Personally, it gives me a chance to pause and pivot, to reflect and imagine after a busy week. What kind of week has...
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Kenya’s “Big Five”
Africa’s Big Five typically refers to the great African lion, elephant, buffalo, rhinoceros and leopard. I’ve got a different sort of Big Five to share with you from my day of traveling dirt roads in...
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Indaba South Africa
Indaba is a Zulu word that means gathering for purposeful discussion; a gathering of spirits, a meeting of friends, a sharing of dreams. I was 17 years old when I landed in Johannesburg, South...
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Robben Island: Lepers, Lunatics, and Political Prisoners
Robben Island is located in Table Bay 6.9 km from the vibrant port city of Cape Town, South Africa. Made famous by Nelson Mandela – student activist – political prisoner number 466 – South Africa’s...
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Passover: an allegory for psychotherapy
As the sun sets this evening, millions of Jewish people around the world will open the Passover Haggadah and recount the story of the exodus from Egypt – one of the most ancient, quintessential...
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Five on Friday 4/29
Lessons from Prince and other Royals Last week, Prince, the beloved pop icon, died from what appears to be a drug overdose while Princess Kate, Prince William and Prince Harry lent royal support to...
View ArticleThis one’s for you, Mom!, Five on Friday
This one’s for you, Mom! Mothers: one way or another, we all have one. And the majority of women in the world will, one way or another, become one over the course of a lifetime. This Sunday is...
View ArticlePatrick Roche, Spoken Word Poet
Patrick Roche, Spoken Word Poet This past week Columbia Psychiatry hosted its annual Gray Matters Luncheon. With the Plaza ballroom filled to capacity, Patrick Roche silenced the clanking of silverware...
View Article#ProtectYourGirls
#ProtectYourGirls I generally have little patience for underwear masquerading as fashion. This past Sunday was another story. I saw bras decorated with pom poms, covered with neon paint, and layered...
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