The second discussion session for Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition by P. Carl will be on March 27th from 4-5:30pm.

Chapters due: Chapters 6-9 (pages 75-160)

We are excited to welcome Joelle Abi-Rached, MD, MSc, PhD from American University of Beirut.

Dr. Abi-Rached will present on “The Tyranny of Resilience.”

The Spring 2025 SPIRIT Book Club will read Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition by P. Carl.

Chapters due: Chapters 1-5 (pages 1-74)

We are excited to welcome Dr. Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson from The Ohio State University.

Dr. Sealy-Jefferson will be presenting on “Neighborhood eviction trajectories and odds of moderate and serious psychological distress during pregnancy among African American women”.

Vol 6 of the SPIRIT Newsletter is out now! Learn more about SPIRIT faculty member Dr. Sonali Rajan at Teachers College and sign up for the SPIRIT book club.

For our last SPIRIT speaker of the fall 2024 semester, we’re excited to invite Josh Barocas from the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Talk Title: Stigma, Policies, and Misperceptions: Unpacking the Social and Political Determinants that are Worsening the Homelessness Crisis in the US

In the third and final book club discussion, we will continue to review and reflect on Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton.The author will also be joining us for this discussion and for a Q&A!

Chapters due: Part Four and Part Five (pages 201-319)

For our third SPIRIT speaker of this semester, we are excited to invite Ali Rowhani-Rahbar from the University of Washington.

Talk Title: Extreme Risk Protection Orders and Suicide Prevention

Vol 5 of the SPIRIT Newsletter is out now! Learn more about SPIRIT faculty member Dr. Amy Kapadia in the Columbia School of Social Work and mark your calendars for the last few SPIRIT events this semester.

This discussion will be the second of three meetings reflecting on Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton.

Chapters due: Part Two and Part Three (pages 81-200)

We are thrilled to host our next SPIRIT Speaker, Ruth Shim from University of California, Davis.

Talk Title: Dismantling Structural Racism in Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities

Welcome back! For the fall semester of the 2024 academic year, we will be hosting a book club featuring Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton. In her book, Hylton casts a gritty spotlight on the history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the largest segregated hospitals with records still available today. Through this harrowing story, Hylton exposes the intersection of race, mental health, and systemic oppression in the early 20th century.

This initial discussion will be the first of three meetings for this book.

Chapters due: Introduction and Part One (pages 1-79)

Check out Vol 4 of our SPIRIT Newsletter! In this edition, we spotlight Dr. Seth Prins and showcase the latest research from SPIRIT faculty. Stay informed with our latest updates!

For our first SPIRIT speaker of the fall 2024 semester, we’re excited to invite Amruta Nori-Sarma from Boston University School of Public Health.

RESCHEDULED: We’re excited to invite all Columbia affiliates to join us in welcoming Donovan X. Ramsey, author of When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era.

Check out Vol 3 of our SPIRIT Newsletter! In this edition, we spotlight Dr. Robbie Parks, showcase the latest research from SPIRIT faculty, and release the SPIRIT event schedule for the fall semester. Stay informed with our latest updates!

Check out Vol 2 of our SPIRIT Newsletter! In this edition, we put the spotlight on Dr. Adi Talati, showcase the latest research from SPIRIT faculty, and share timely SPIRIT-ed recommendations from around the web. Stay informed with our latest updates!

We are excited to announce the launch of our inaugural SPIRIT Newsletter! In this first edition, we introduce the initiative, highlight groundbreaking faculty research, offer curated mental health reading recommendations, and shine a spotlight on Dr. Melissa DuPont-Reyes. Don't miss out on the latest insights and updates!

For our final lecture this semester, we are excited to invite Emily E. Haroz, PhD, MHS, MA and Novalene Alsenay Goklish, PhD, MS from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Indigenous Health.

In the second of three discussions, we will continue to review and reflect on the book ‘When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era’ by Donovan X. Ramsey.

Chapters due: Act III through Act VI (p. 91-261)

We’re excited to invite Leslie Adams, PhD, MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Adams will be presenting on “From Crisis to Connectivity: Exploring Innovative Smartphone-Based Solutions to Confront Suicide in Black Communities”.

We are pleased to invite Nick Allen, PhD from University of Oregon as our second guest lecturer for the SPIRIT Speaker Series.

Dr. Allen will be presenting on ”Real time assessment of mood disorders and suicide risk in youth: Building towards scalable just-in-time interventions”.

To start off our SPIRIT Speaker Series, we are thrilled to invite Johannes Eichstaedt, PhD from Stanford University.

Dr. Eichstaedt will be presenting on“Digital Text and LLMs to Understand and Improve Individual and Community Mental Health”

In the first of three discussions, we will begin to review and reflect on the book ‘When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era’ by Donovan X. Ramsey.

Chapters due: Act I through Act II (p. 3-88)

Join us for the official launch of the SPIRIT initiative!