Waverley Place is McLean Hospital’s community-based support program providing a therapeutic community for adults experiencing mental illness. “We say that Waverley Place is an intentional community,” said Megan Mooney,...
McLean Hospital's speakers' bureau is a community service that helps to educate the public about a variety of mental health issues such as depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. For the past 14 years, McLean's doctors, therapists, and...
During the annual conference of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) in October, a presentation given by Christine Tebaldi, MS, PMHNP-BC, exemplified one of the many reasons she received the Excellence in Leadership Award during the...
In September 2013, McLean launched the Center of Excellence in Women’s Mental Health with Shelly F. Greenfield, MD, MPH, as its chief. We recently sat down with Dr. Greenfield to talk about the Center’s roots, goals, and projects....
On June 20, 2014, almost 400 members of the McLean community gathered at the InterContinental Boston to celebrate a year of achievements and to honor Jane Fonda with the 2014 McLean Award, given to individuals who have furthered the public’s...
In the OCD Institute Office of Clinical Assessment and Research, we have implemented several new data collection initiatives this year, including efforts to collect information from the family members of patients. Earlier this year, we began...
Lynette Peck is mother of a former patient at McLean’s OCD Institute. Tomorrow morning I will move my son into his new dorm room. Already today he and I have packed the car, driven 550 miles, eaten at two restaurants, used a number of public...
At some point in your life, either as a parent or child, you have likely attended an admission day such as the first day of school, camp, or college. The days leading up to admission are usually filled with feelings of excitement, hope, and often...
Researchers at McLean’s Behavioral Genetics Lab are using animal models to study the effects of nicotine on vulnerability to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a study funded by the Department of Defense (DoD). While the three-year, $600...
John Rodolico, PhD, treats adolescents with a variety of issues ranging from substance abuse to anxiety disorders. What some people might not know is that Rodolico is not only a psychologist at McLean but he was also a medical officer in the US Army...
McLean Hospital is proud to be the home of McLean LEADER (Law Enforcement, Active Duty, Emergency Responder), a program providing specialized mental health and addictions services for police, active-duty military, and other first responders. This...
McLean’s Child and Adolescent Testing Service (CATS) serves about 80 students each year, providing neuropsychological, psychological and academic testing to children and adolescents who are having problems at school, home or with peers. In...
In April 2014, McLean opened the Child and Adolescent Outpatient Services at the Sancta Maria Nursing Facility in Cambridge. “This move allowed McLean to expand outpatient capacity for young people, for which there is a growing need,”...
According to the National Institute on Mental Health, an estimated one in four Americans experience a mental illness in a given year. Of those struggling with mental health issues, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) people...
More than 650 coaches and aspiring coaches from around the world came to Boston in September for the seventh annual Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare Conference at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel. Offered by McLean Hospital, the...
McLean’s conference series continues to grow, holding five major conclaves in 2014 with more planned for 2015. Subjects of conferences in 2014 included addictions; psychiatry; depression, anxiety and stress; and attachment. In 2015,...
In August 2013, George Simas swam 2.4 miles, biked 112, and ran 26.2 to honor the memory of his long-time friend and mentor—McLean trustee Thomas J. Swan Jr. “Tom was one of a kind,” said Simas, president and chief operating...
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, which helps shine a light on a topic that is often not discussed out of fear and stigma. According to Dost Öngür, MD, PhD, chief of the Psychotic Disorders Division at McLean Hospital, the...
A month before the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) annual Out of the Darkness walk in Boston, flyers and signs begin popping up throughout the McLean Hospital campus—it’s an early sign of fall and it also signals that...
McLean Hospital is proud to partner with Screening for Mental Health Inc. in an effort to raise awareness and offer free screenings for psychiatric disorders while allowing individuals to connect with the appropriate treatment resources. Similar to...
