Psychotic Disorders Related Content

Actress Glenn Close and Family Earn the 2010 McLean Award

Award-winning actress Glenn Close, her sister Jessie Close and her nephew Calen Pick were the recipients of the prestigious McLean Award in 2010, honored for their educational and advocacy efforts surrounding psychiatric illness through their organization BringChange2Mind . The not-for-profit’s...

Making Connections: Divisions Advance McLean’s Strategic Agenda

When Bill and Barbara Boger learned of plans for a Division of Psychotic Disorders at McLean, they saw an opportunity to make a lasting difference through their philanthropy . The Bogers, McLean National Council members and longtime donors, have contributed to many clinical and research endeavors at...

Endowed Fund Benefits Patient Care at Appleton

When Georgie Ashforth sent her youngest daughter off to college, it was a joyous occasion; the idea that her daughter would soon develop schizophrenia was the farthest thought from her mind. “At first, we didn’t realize there was something wrong; but after several episodes, we saw our daughter...

Staff Profile: Alexander Vuckovic, MD

Since 1999, Alexander Vuckovic, MD, has been medical director of The Pavilion, where he has overseen the care of more than 2000 patients, in addition to thousands more in his outpatient practice. He has spent his entire 34-year post-residency career immersed in the diagnosis, clinical care, and...

Staff Profile: J. Alexander Bodkin, MD

J. Alexander Bodkin, MD, has been at McLean since 1985. Working with Dr. Jonathan Cole until his death, Dr. Bodkin has long pursued the study of new and old medications for depression and anxiety. His research has focused on underutilized pharmacologic approaches to difficult-to-treat mood and...

Staff Profile: Ross J. Baldessarini, MD

A career investigator of the NIMH from 1970 to 2001, Ross J. Baldessarini, MD, is an internationally known research psychopharmacologist with many contributions to the actions of antipsychotic and mood-altering medicines and has trained over 160 laboratory and clinical investigators. He joined...

Staff Profile: Rakesh Karmacharya, MD, PhD

Rakesh Karmacharya, MD, PhD, is working at the intersection of chemical biology and stem cell biology to investigate the cellular-molecular underpinnings of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, using patient-specific stem cells to generate human neuronal cultures. His current research aims to...

Staff Profile: Peter Siekmeier, MS, MD

As director of the Laboratory for Computational Neuroscience, Dr. Siekmeier’s research centers on the computational modeling of the hippocampus, an area of brain thought to be responsible for encoding memories, and one that has been implicated in the etiology of schizophrenia. The goals of this...

Staff Profile: Kathryn Eve Lewandowski, PhD

Kathryn Eve Lewandowski, PhD, is the director of clinical programming at McLean OnTrack TM and an associate professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She also directs the psychotic disorders rotation of the APA-approved pre-doctoral psychology internship...

Staff Profile: Mei-Hua Hall, PhD

Mei-Hua Hall, PhD, is the director of the Psychosis Neurobiology Laboratory. Her specific expertise is in electrophysiology, psychiatric genetics, and cognitive neuroscience and she also has a broad background in clinical psychology, epidemiology, and statistical modeling. She receives funding from...

Staff Profile: Kirsten W. Bolton, LICSW

Since 2008, Kirsten W. Bolton, LICSW, has been working with patients and their families in McLean’s Division of Psychotic Disorders. A graduate of Simmons College, Ms. Bolton began her work at McLean as a clinical social worker in the Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Inpatient Program. Previously...

Staff Profile: Karen Slifka, RN, MS, CS

Karen Slifka, RN, MS, CS, is the nurse director of the Community Reintegration Unit. Ms. Slifka began her career at McLean in the child inpatient units and later moved into the child outpatient program in therapy, psychopharmacology, and research. She has been working in the Community Reintegration...

Staff Profile: Sabina Berretta, MD

Sabina Berretta, MD, began her research training under the mentorship of Dr. V. Perciavalle at University of Catania, Italy. In 1990, she joined the laboratory directed by Dr. A. M. Graybiel in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, working neural circuitry linking the motor cortex...

Staff Profile: William P. Carter, MD

Dr. Carter attended Brown University, graduating magna cum laude with an BS in psychology in 1985. He received his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1989, before completing his residency in adult psychiatry at McLean Hospital in 1993. Staying on at McLean since residency, Dr. Carter has held...

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Staff Profile: Eliza W. Menninger, MD

Eliza W. Menninger, MD, is the medical director of the Behavioral Health Partial Hospital Program where she treat patients with various diagnoses, most frequently major depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, and schizoaffective. As a means of providing continuity of care, she also sees patients in the...

Staff Profile: Joseph Stoklosa, MD

Joseph Stoklosa, MD, earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed his psychiatry residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital. He serves as the clinical director of McLean’s Division of Psychotic Disorders. Previously, he served...