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Sue Callori needs only to glance at her arms to remember the tools she uses when the going gets tough. On her right arm her tattoos read: “Challenge your thoughts,” “Radical acceptance,” and “Distraction,” and on her left: “This too shall pass.” The writings remind her of what she learned during her...

Call it the great technology experiment of 2020-2021. In just days, McLean—along with most other mental health care providers—transitioned from delivering care almost entirely in person to treating a majority of patients via videoconferencing or phone. “We had been baby-stepping our way toward...

Michelle’s teenage son had struggled with depression for years before he came to McLean’s 3East residential program . At the core of 3East’s continuum of care is dialectical behavior therapy, a gold-standard, evidence-based treatment that teaches people to regulate emotions, tolerate distress, build...

The fall/winter edition of Horizons features stories of hope and progress, apt themes for these times. Our cover story spotlights the importance of developing clinician-researchers through a unique new fellowship that blends both worlds. We also share how McLean’s efforts to deploy technology as a...

McLean Hospital is excited to announce The Ride for Mental Health (The Ride), a weekend of cycling, celebration, and fundraising to support McLean programs, will once again be held in the picturesque Hudson Valley, June 25-26. Starting in New Paltz, New York, only 90 minutes north of Manhattan, The...

“Racial and ethnic diversity in science is essential to delivering excellence and superior innovations,” said Stephanie Pinder-Amaker, PhD , McLean’s chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer. McLean President and Psychiatrist in Chief Scott L. Rauch, MD , Pinder-Amaker, and other members of...

Exposure and response prevention (ERP) is the gold standard therapy for people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). But for some reason, it wasn’t effective for Anne and Andy Heller’s family member. So, the couple, who are members of McLean’s National Council and generous donors to OCD research...

The McLean Board of Visitors (BoV) gathers annually to connect and learn about current innovations in research, clinical care, and training at McLean. Sally Lee is a longtime member of the group and a former patient at McLean. She credits the hospital for saving her life and now pays it forward...

It is striking to reflect on what a very different summer this is than 2020. McLean has come through this pandemic deeply grounded in our mission. The stories in this edition of Horizons feature some of the most vibrant aspects of our work, such as personal connections, innovation, and diversity...

McLean Director Emeritus Francis de Marneffe, MD, has chronicled many of his 96 years in two memoirs and is putting the finishing touches on a third. His life is brimming with stories. At age 16, he bicycled from Belgium across France just as the Germans invaded in 1940. He became a pilot in Britain...

Some days, Patrick Lovelace couldn’t make it until 3pm at his large public high school, and he’d call his mother to pick him up early. Other days, he refused to go altogether. His anxiety was crippling; healthy relationships were hard to nurture. So, when his family proposed that he check out McLean...

Rosalie Rudnick collected friends like she collected Caucasian rugs—easily, passionately, and in large numbers. “The world loved Rosalie,” said Mitch, her husband of 60 years. “She was charming and befriended everyone who came near her.” Even after Alzheimer’s disease robbed her of almost everything...

Schizophrenia , schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder with psychotic features are diagnoses laden with stigma, and they can sound downright frightening. Child psychiatrist Perihan Esra Guvenek-Cokol, MD , an expert in psychotic disorders, doesn’t dispute their seriousness. But she knows...

Despite the limitations imposed by the pandemic, 2020 was a year of robust activity for the Women’s Mental Health Leadership Council , a group of women that has been gathering for years to discuss topics of mental health. Established in 2016, the group comes together to learn from McLean experts...

At McLean, we often talk about how we serve people across the life span. In this edition of Horizons, we share stories that illustrate the breadth of that commitment. You’ll read two articles about programs for adolescents and young adults—the more than 60-year-old Arlington School and the newly...

Mac Dorris and his team are well into the planning for the 2021 Ride for Mental Health , and they’re hoping that this year will bring the ability to cycle safely in groups again. Registration opened on February 1, and interest is already robust. Launched in 2017, The Ride has raised nearly $600,000...