Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Archive Mental Health, Psychiatry
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2026
May
20,
2026
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
When Sarkis and Seakly Manukyan decided to start a family, they did what many couples do: They talked excitedly about the future, prepared financially and emotionally, and imagined what their life with a child might look like.“We were really looking …
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May
15,
2026
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
More than 60 succulents, shamrocks, four-o’clock flowers and other potted plants are thriving in the Cedars-Sinai office of Rebecca Hedrick, MD, director of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.At …
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January
07,
2026
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
One year after wildfires tore through Pacific Palisades and Altadena, upending hundreds of thousands of lives across Los Angeles, many residents are still navigating recovery—rebuilding homes, reestablishing routines and managing the emotional …
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2025
December
08,
2025
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07:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
A Cedars-Sinai expert says there are reasons many feel alone and sad at the holidays—even as others are lighting up their homes, singing seasonal songs and hosting family feasts.More than a quarter of U.S. adults say they are estranged from at least …
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June
05,
2025
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09:27 AM
America/Los_Angeles
It was a sunny day in L.A.— typical, aside from unusually strong winds—and Eugene Kim, MD, surgeon-in-chief at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s, was seeing patients when he got a text message from his daughter’s school.The tone was urgent: “Please …
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April
07,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Patients hospitalized with opioid use disorders who receive addiction consultation services are significantly more likely to start medication treatment and access follow-up care when compared with patients who receive standard or usual care, a study …
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March
26,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The smoke has cleared, but children affected by Los Angeles’ January wildfires may still be processing their grief. Parents can help by keeping lines of communication open and helping children, tweens and teens feel a sense of control, said Rebecca …
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January
23,
2025
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07:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Some of the Los Angeles wildfires may be waning, but in their aftermath, emotional and mental health concerns are growing.That’s true for people experiencing the trauma of devastation and loss firsthand, as well as those following the news from a …
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2024
December
03,
2024
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08:15 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cedars-Sinai investigators have created machine learning (ML) models, a type of artificial intelligence, that can use patients’ electronic health records to predict—independent of racial minority biases—the risk of postpartum depression.The ML …
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August
26,
2024
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07:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
For children and teens these days, going back to school doesn’t only mean new, color-coded notebooks and freshly sharpened pencils. It also means increased academic pressures, heightened social anxiety and less free time as extracurricular …
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April
09,
2024
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06:45 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Black women in the U.S. are three times more likely than white women to die, or become seriously ill, from pregnancy-related complications, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those disparities remain regardless of income or …
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February
02,
2024
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07:15 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cedars-Sinai clinicians and artificial intelligence experts have developed a new application that takes advantage of the unique capabilities of Apple Vision Pro to support patients’ mental health needs.The application—called Xaia, for …
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January
26,
2024
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13:13 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cedars-Sinai physician-scientists have developed a first-of-its-kind program that uses immersive virtual reality and generative artificial intelligence to provide mental health support.Known as the eXtended-Reality Artificially Intelligent Ally, or …
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January
18,
2024
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10:09 AM
America/Los_Angeles
New research by investigators from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Cedars-Sinai shows that behavioral activation therapy is as effective as antidepressant medications in treating symptoms of depression in patients with …
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2023
September
08,
2023
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Suicide rates have increased by nearly 40% over the past 20 years but, according to Carletta Vicain, associate director of Employee Assistance at Cedars-Sinai, suicides are preventable.Ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day on Sept. 10, Vicain spoke …
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July
19,
2023
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
People belonging to racial and ethnic minority groups are less likely than white people to receive mental healthcare.Anna Solt, MD, a Cedars-Sinai psychiatrist, said that reduced access to mental healthcare, cultural stigmas and even stereotypical …
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May
15,
2023
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Most new mothers experience one or more changes in their mood before childbirth and for two weeks after the baby arrives.Having a child is a major life event accompanied by physiological changes and the stress of caring for a completely dependent …
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