Immediately following a violent event, the number one priority is to save lives and treat the physical wounds of the victims. But in the weeks following the event, as those wounds begin to heal, we must be cognizant of the psychological wounds that...
Roger D. Weiss, MD, chief of McLean Hospital’s Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, has been selected as the 2012 recipient of the Hazelden Foundation’s Dan Anderson Research Award. Sponsored by the Butler Center for Research at Hazelden...
Nicholas Lange, ScD, director of the Neurostatistics Laboratory at McLean Hospital and associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, is collaborating with one of the two latest research networks to be been awarded $5.3 million in...
Reducing fear and stress following a traumatic event could be as simple as providing a protein synthesis blocker to the brain, report a team of researchers from McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, McGill University, and Massachusetts General...
In a study examining the impact of a parity policy for mental health insurance benefits, researchers have concluded that parity had a different impact on spending and service utilization for enrollees with illnesses that are more severe and chronic...
The long-term use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) may severely impact the user’s ability to accurately recall the shapes and spatial relationships of objects, according to a recent study conducted by McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical...
In a column appearing in the current issue of the journal Nature, McLean Hospital biostatistician Nicholas Lange, ScD, cautions against heralding the use of brain imaging scans to diagnose autism and urges greater focus on conducting large, long-...
Previous research has shown that cognitive performance is associated with regular exercise among children and elderly, and now researchers at Harvard Medical School’s McLean Hospital have shown a similar correlation for non-geriatric adult...
McLean Hospital will offer free depression screenings as part of National Depression Screening Day on Tuesday, October 9 from 6pm to 8pm at the Boston Public Library at 700 Boylston Street. Each confidential screening includes a written self-test,...
Francine Benes, MD, PhD, director of the Program in Structural and Molecular Neuroscience and the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center at McLean Hospital, was recently selected as the third annual recipient of the Anne M. Cataldo Excellence in...
Eleven McLean Hospital researchers have received Young Investigator Awards from The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) grants awards to young investigators pursuing brain...
An extract of the Chinese herb kudzu dramatically reduces drinking and may be useful in the treatment of alcoholism and curbing binge drinking, according to a new study by McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers. “Our study is...
Researchers at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital have shown a new category of “green” nanoparticles comprised of a non-toxic, protein-based nanotechnology that can non-invasively cross the blood brain barrier and is capable of...
Wayland resident Michele L. Gougeon, MSS, MSc, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for McLean Hospital, has been elected as Board chair-elect of the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS). Gougeon will begin her...
Mariel Hemingway, an internationally known actress, author, athlete, health and wellness expert and co-founder of The WillingWay Ranch, LLC, will help McLean Hospital celebrate its 200th birthday during a gala event this weekend. Hemingway, the...
Individuals addicted to prescription painkillers are more likely to succeed in treatment with the aid of the medication buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone), report McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers in today's online edition of the...
In honor of the 21st anniversary of National Depression Screening Day, Harvard affiliate McLean Hospital will conduct depression screenings on Thursday, October 6 from 6pm to 8pm at the Watertown Free Public Library at 123 Main Street, Watertown....
A new study from McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School and the University of Colorado concludes that genetic research drawing correlations between specific genes, environmental variables and the combined impact they have on the development of some...
Researchers at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital have found that those who believe in a benevolent God tend to worry less and be more tolerant of life’s uncertainties than those who believe in an indifferent or punishing God. The paper (PMID...
McLean Hospital, the largest psychiatric affiliate of Harvard Medical School, has become the first psychiatric hospital in the nation to receive accreditation from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP...
