Clinical Resources

Psychiatric disorders are the leading cause of disability in the US, followed by cardiovascular and circulatory diseases and cancer. 43.8 million adults experience mental illness in a given year. By providing treatment, support, and education resources, at McLean we aim to help patients and families navigate the complex path to wellness.

Mental health covers a broad spectrum of diagnoses, from anxiety to trauma and everything in between. In addition to condition-specific treatment and resources, there are many treatment programs at McLean, as well as local and national organizations and helpful books and websites that support mental health in general.

Learn more about McLean’s diagnostic and testing services, our outpatient care, and other specialty programs. In addition, there are numerous helpful links and books to help you get more information about mental health.

Specialty Mental Health Services at McLean

McLean provides an array of clinical resources for patients including diagnostic and testing services, the McLean Imaging Center, care for individuals seeking outpatient treatment, specialty services focused on college mental health, and more.

Accommodations Testing Service
The Accommodations Testing Service at McLean Hospital specializes in evaluations for students with academic or learning difficulties who are seeking accommodations at school or for standardized college and/or graduate school exams, including SAT, ACT, GRE, LSAT, GMAT, or MCAT.

Diagnostic Services
McLean’s Diagnostic Services include the Clinical Evaluation Center, Internal Medicine and Primary Care Clinic, and Neurology Consultation Service. The programs offer an array of evaluations and assessments to support patients on the road to recovery.

Lincoln Residence
The Lincoln Residence provides a supportive and therapeutic setting for adults 18 and over who would benefit from additional support while transitioning to independent living. Whether receiving care at our Belmont campus or at outpatient treatment programs elsewhere in the community, we offer the expertise of our program clinicians, who specialize in treating a wide range of mental health conditions, including co-occurring psychiatric disorders.

McLean Imaging Center
The McLean Imaging Center is one of the premier imaging sites in the world, providing a rare blend of diagnostic services, cutting-edge research, and high-quality educational programs. We offer advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) diagnostic scanning. MRI provides valuable information that may not be available with other methods.

Neuropsychological and Psychological Testing Service
The Neuropsychological and Psychological Testing Service at McLean Hospital offers diagnostic testing and comprehensive evaluations of cognitive abilities (e.g., memory, concentration, problem solving, language, etc.), emotional functioning, and personality.

Spirituality and Mental Health Program
The Spirituality and Mental Health Program provides spiritually-integrated care within multiple clinical programs throughout the hospital. In addition, we also develop new methods to incorporate faith into clinical treatment, conduct research on the relevance of spirituality to anxiety, mood, substance use, and other disorders, and train and educate to raise greater awareness about spirituality and mental health.

More Information

Find more information on treatment at McLean:

• Support Groups
• Health Insurance
• Patient Medical Records
• Guides to Care

Mental Health Treatment and Condition-Specific Resources

Mental health covers a broad range of diagnoses and symptoms. These resources may be useful to find more information on mental health conditions such as addiction, borderline personality disorder, and OCD:

• Addiction
• Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health
• Depression and Anxiety
• Eating Disorders
• OCD
• Older Adult Mental Health
• Trauma and Dissociative Disorders
• Young Adult Mental Health

There are numerous organizations dedicated to providing informational and support resources for mental health. Use the links below to find out more about college mental health, mental health advocacy, smoking cessation, and more.

General Mental Health

• American Group Psychotherapy Association
• American Psychiatric Association
• American Psychological Association
• American Residential Treatment Association
• Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)
• HelpGuide.org
• Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling
• MEDLINE on PubMed (free)
• MentalHealth.gov
• Mental Health America
• National Alliance on Mental Illness Massachusetts (NAMI)
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• National Institutes of Health
• National Institute of Mental Health
• New England Psychologist
• SAMHSA’s Toolkit for Community Conversations About Mental Health
• Theravive
• Therapedia Encyclopedia of Mental Health: DSM 5 Compendium
• The Dana Foundation

Mental Health Advocacy

• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
• Bring Change to Mind
• Congress.org – Contact elected officials
• Deconstructing Stigma
• Health Law Advocates, Inc.
• Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee

Services for Veterans

• Home Base Program
• Make the Connection
• Massachusetts SAVE Program
• National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Vet Centers

Sleep Disorders

• Tuck

Smoking Cessation

• Make Smoking History – Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Mass.gov Smoking Cessation
• Massachusetts General Hospital Tobacco Research and Treatment Center
• Smokefree.gov

Books About Mental Health

McLean Hospital faculty have penned more than 50 books in recent years, including these books on a variety of mental health topics.

General Psychiatry and Neuroscience

The Known, the Secret, the Forgotten: A Memoir
by Joan Wheelis
(W. W. Norton & Company, 2019)

Psychoanalysis as an Ethical Process
by Robert P. Drozek
(Routledge, 2019)

Rethinking Health Care Ethics
by Stephen Scher, Kasia Kozlowska
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)

Spirituality, Religion, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: A Guide for Clinicians
by David H. Rosmarin
(Guildford Press, 2018)

Human Medical Experimentation: From Smallpox Vaccines to Secret Government Programs
by Frances R. Frankenburg ed.
(Greenwood, 2017)

Psychiatric Neurotherapeutics: Contemporary Surgical and Device-Based Treatments
by Joan A. Camprodon, Scott L. Rauch, Benjamin D. Greenberg, Darin D. Dougherty, eds.
(Humana Press, 2015)

Handbook of Missing Data Methodology
by Geert Molenberghs, Garrett Fitzmaurice, Michael G. Kenward, Anastasios Tsiatis, Geert Verbeke
(Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, 2014)

Imaging of the Human Brain in Health and Disease
by Philip Seeman and Bertha Madras, eds.
(Elsevier, 2013)

Translational Neuroscience: Applications in Psychiatry, Neurology, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
by James E. Barrett, Joseph T. Coyle, Michael Williams, eds.
(Cambridge University Press, 2012)

Applied Longitudinal Analysis, 2nd edition
by Garrett M. Fitzmaurice, Nan M. Laird, James H. Ware
(Wiley, 2011)

The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the Twenty-First Century
by Jacqueline Olds, MD, and Richard S. Schwartz, MD
(Beacon Press, 2009)

The Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital Residency Handbook of Psychiatry
by Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital Residents and Faculties
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009)

Vitamin Discoveries and Disasters: History, Science, and Controversies
by Frances Rachel Frankenburg, MD
(Praeger/ABC-CLIO, 2009)

Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry
by Theodore A. Stern, Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, Maurizio Fava, Joseph Biederman, Scott L. Rauch, eds.
(Mosby/Elsevier, 2008)

Longitudinal Data Analysis: A Handbook of Modern Statistical Methods
by Garrett Fitzmaurice, Marie Davidian, Geert Verbeke, and Geert Molenberghs
(Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2008)

The High Conflict Couple: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, and Validation
by Alan E. Fruzzetti
(New Harbinger Publications, 2006)

Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders: from Bench to Bedside
by Frank I. Tarazi, PhD, MSc, and John A. Schetz, PhD, eds.
(Humana Press, 2005)

Essentials of Neuroimaging for Clinical Practice
by Darin D. Dougherty, MD, MSc, Scott L. Rauch, MD, Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD, eds.
(American Psychiatric Publishing, 2004)

Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research: Contemporary Strategies
by Darin D. Dougherty, MD, MSc, Scott L. Rauch, MD, eds.
(American Psychiatric Publishing, 2001)

McLean Hospital History

McLean Hospital: A Personal Memoir
by Francis de Marneffe
(Coolidge Hill Press, 2010)

Learn More

Looking for information on another mental health condition? Visit one of these pages to find out more.

By Condition

• Addiction
• Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Depression and Anxiety
• Eating Disorders
• OCD
• Trauma and Dissociative Disorders

By Age

• Child and Adolescent Mental Health
• Young Adult Mental Health
• Adult Mental Health
• Older Adult Mental Health