Columbia University Health Services
About Us
About Us
Helene M Keable
Psychiatrist
Counseling & Psychological Services
Helene Keable joined Health Services at Columbia in 2004. Prior to joining HSC, Helene was a psychiatrist at the Columbia University Medical Center Student Health Service. She also directed the mental health division of the Mount Sinai Hospital Adolescent Center. She attended Laval University in Canada. She completed residencies in internal medicine at McGill Hospital Center and pediatrics and psychiatry at Mt. Sinai Hospital Center in New York. She went on to further advanced training in consultation-liaison at Long Island Jewish Hospital and psychoanalysis at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute.
Helene’s professional interests include the impact of gender, trauma, and culture on the development of young adults, the optimal integration of psychotherapy and medication. learning problems in young adults, and systems of delivering health care. In addition to her work at Columbia, she teaches and supervises the faculty of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute and the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Mt. Sinai Hospital.
She has written and lectured on the impact of medical illnesses on the psychological development of teenagers and young adults, and the integration of psychotherapy and medication.
Education
- M.D.
- FRCP
Certifications and Licensure
- Licensed to practice psychiatry in the states of New York and Connecticut.
- Board certified in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry in the United States and psychiatry and internal medicine in Canada.
Professional Experience
- Columbia University Medical Center
- Mount Sinai Hospital Adolescent Center
- New York Psychoanalytic Institute
Languages
- French
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Association of Child Psychoanalysis
- American Psychoanalytic Association
- American Medical Association
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Important Phone Numbers
| General Information | 212 854 2284 |
| After-hours urgent health concerns | 212 854 9797 |
| CAVA (Ambulance) | 212 854 5555 |
| Rape Crisis/Anti-Violence Support Center | 212 854 WALK |
| Uptown Campus Public Safety |
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| - On-Campus | 7-7979 |
| - Off-Campus | 212-305-8100 |