CUGMHP News

Nothing beats doing something fun for a cause! Mental health and substance use issues are affecting someone in every family, someone you know, someone you love, and someone you care about This... Read More

In any given year, about 1 in 5 adults in the US — that’s 438 million, or 185% — experiences a mental disorder Worldwide, mental and behavioral disorders account for approximately 74% of the... Read More

The Global Health Certificate and the Global Health Initiative (GHI) of the Mailman School of Public Health hosted The Global Health Practicum Showcase on Wednesday, March 1st, 2018 Students... Read More

Izabella Zant, Master of Public Health Candidate, Columbia University Recently, a friend called me scared at 2:00am His voice was shaky, emotions polarized from drinking His breath was labored as... Read More

This past Friday, our second Love is EleMENTAL Program centered around Eve Ensler’s performance of her personal memoir, In the Body of the World It was a riveting ninety minutes that drilled... Read More

The Robert L Spitzer memorial award is given annually to an individual who has been selected because of their contribution in the fields of nosology, classification and assessment The 2017... Read More

By Sara Wetzler Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus was first to argue that access to financial credit is a natural human right, establishing the pioneering Grameen Bank in Bangladesh in... Read More

Valentine’s Day 2017 was one for the books, as over two hundred friends and supporters of the Global Mental Health Program at Columbia University gathered to take in the creative genius of... Read More

The Global Fund for Mental Health is our proud sponsor in the 2017 TD Five Boro Bike Tour! In any given year, about 1 in 5 adults in the US — that’s 438 million, or 185% — experiences a... Read More

Dr Geoffrey M Reed was selected to receive the 2016 Outstanding International Psychologist Award from the American Psychological Association this August, 2016 This award is given every year and it is... Read More