Mental Health

How much does happiness matter? Preventing mental illness, understanding the effects of trauma, aging, and substance abuse, and reducing the stigma attached to behavioral disorders, scientific exploration of mental health is central to this field.

Faculty in Mental Health

Angela Aidala

Associate Research Scientist

Sociomedical Sciences

Bruce Link

Special Lecturer

Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences

Claude Mellins

Professor

Medical Psychology (in Sociomedical Sciences and Psychiatry) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Christina Hoven

Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology (in Psychiatry)

Christine Mauro

Assistant Professor

Biostatistics at the Columbia University Medical Center

Ezra Susser

Professor

Epidemiology and Psychiatry

Francine Cournos

Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology

Guohua Li

Professor

Epidemiology

Helena Duch

Adjunct Professor

Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

Jeffrey Fagan

Professor

Epidemiology

Kim Hopper

Professor of Clinical

Sociomedical Sciences

Katherine Keyes

Professor

Epidemiology

Karolynn Siegel

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Lawrence Yang

Associate Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology

Mady Hornig

Associate Professor

Epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center

Myrna Weissman

Diane Goldman Kemper Family Professor

Epidemiology (in Psychiatry)

Madelyn Gould

Professor

Epidemiology (in Psychiatry) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Qixuan Chen

Associate Professor

Biostatistics

Renee Goodwin

Adjunct Associate Professor

Epidemiology

Robert Klitzman

Professor

Psychiatry (in Sociomedical Sciences) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Renata Schiavo

Senior Lecturer

Sociomedical Sciences

Sandro Galea

Adjunct Professor

Epidemiology

Silvia Martins

Professor

Epidemiology

Xinhua Liu

Professor

Biostatistics at the Columbia University Medical Center

Esteban Calvo

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Epidemiology (in CAC)

Vegard Skirbekk

Professor

Population and Family Health (In the Columbia Aging Center)

George Musa

Assistant Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology (in Psychiatry)

Helen-Maria Lekas

Associate Professor of Clinical

Sociomedical Sciences

Harold Pincus

Professor

Psychiatry (in Health Policy and Management)

Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou

Associate Professor

Environmental Health Sciences

Annika Sweetland

Assistant Professor

Psychiatry

Pia Mauro

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

Brandon Pearson

Assistant Professor

Environmental Health Sciences

Seth Prins

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences

Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology (In CAC)

Larkin McReynolds

Assistant Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology (In Psychiatry)

Janna Metzler

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Population and Family Health

Linda Valeri

Assistant Professor

Biostatistics

Kathleen Sikkema

Stephen Smith Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Joan Casey

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Environmental Health Sciences

Dan Liao

Lecturer

Biostatistics

Kara Rudolph

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

Jeremy Kane

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

Kelli Hall

Associate Professor

Population and Family Health

Mary Clare Lennon

Professor of Clinical

Sociomedical Sciences

Christian Gloria

Associate Professor

Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Medical Center

Claire Greene

Assistant Professor

Program on Forced Migration and Health, Population and Family Health

Churl-Su Kwon

Assistant Professor

Neurological Sciences (Neurology, Epidemiology, Neurological Surgery, Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center)

John Pamplin II

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

News & Features

SILVER Study Reveals Continued Mental Health Distress Experienced by Older New Yorkers from the COVID-19 Pandemic

ICAP at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health has released results from Round Two of the SILVER Study, providing insight into the challenges presented by COVID-19 to older adults living at home in New York City. The results reveal a range of key issues—from mental health e

Simultaneous Cannabis and Alcohol Use Rises After States Legalize Recreational Cannabis Use

Simultaneous cannabis and alcohol use, defined as using both substances at the same time so their effects overlap, increased in adults from 2008 to 2019, according to new research conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Shifts in cannabis legislation have raised que

Suicide Attempts and Bullying Highest for Sexual Minority and Female Adolescents

Sexual minority, American Indian, Alaskan Native, non-Hispanic Multiracial, and female adolescents are at highest risk for suicide attempts from bullying victimization, according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The magnitude of these

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Just Published

Pachankis, J.E., Hatzenbuehler, M.L., Wang, K., Burton, C.L., Crawford, F.W., Phelan, J.C., & Link, B.G. (2017). The Burden of Stigma on Health and Well-Being: A Taxonomy of Concealment, Course, Disruptiveness, Aesthetics, Origin, and Peril Across 93 Stigmas. Pers Soc Psychol Bull. View abstract.

Sederer, L.I. (2017). The One With Friends: A TV Show Within a Play. JAMA. View abstract.

Hatzenbuehler, M.L., Prins, S.J., Flake, M. … & Hirsch, J. (2017). Immigration Policies and Mental Health Morbidity among Latinos: A State-Level Analysis. Social Science & Medicine. View abstract.

Goodwin, R.D. (2017). Next Steps Towards Understanding the Relationship Between Cigarette Smoking and Depression/Anxiety Disorders: A Lifecourse Perspective. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. View abstract.