McLean Hospital investigators have released the results of a study that outlines how age, socioeconomic status, and other factors might contribute to social isolation and poorer mental health. In a paper published in the online version of Clinical Psychological Science, the researchers examine how...
McLean’s world-class researchers are published in scholarly and scientific journals on topics ranging throughout the fields of psychiatry and neuroscience.
Improving adherence to Mediterranean-style diet with a community culinary...
McLean’s world-class researchers are published in scholarly and scientific journals on topics ranging throughout the fields of psychiatry and neuroscience.
Increases in emotional intelligence after an online training program are...
McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers believe they have uncovered a method that could be useful in predicting a depressed patient’s treatment prognosis, prior to starting treatment.
In the paper “...
McLean’s world-class researchers are published in scholarly and scientific journals on topics ranging throughout the fields of psychiatry and neuroscience.
Recurrence of task-related electroencephalographic activity during post-...
Conducting state-of-the-art scientific investigation to maximize discovery and accelerate translation of findings towards achieving prevention and cures is a core element of the McLean Hospital mission.
Demonstrating that commitment, we have developed this new publication. This inaugural edition and those...
Emotional trauma has long been a part of the human experience, but it has only been in recent decades that we have begun to comprehend and study its effects.
“We owe much of our current understanding about the impact of trauma to...
The philanthropy of the Simches family spans generations; the beneficiaries include a host of programs, organizations, and initiatives throughout Massachusetts and Israel. “Our family has always had a commitment to philanthropy,” said Nancy Simches....
The future of brain science lies in researchers like Poornima Kumar, a 30-year-old neuroscientist with the mind of a mathematician, the expertise of an engineer, and a PhD in neuroimaging.
Kumar, the hospital’s first John and...
In ten Boston classrooms last year, students who habitually “acted out” were handed cameras and asked to document the things that angered them and offended their sense of justice. Their images ranged from the commonplace to the profound, everything from a crumbling school bathroom to a sidewalk...
McLean’s world-class researchers are published in scholarly and scientific journals on topics ranging throughout the fields of psychiatry and neuroscience.
Rostral anterior cingulate cortex morphology predicts treatment response to...
McLean National Council members Edward and Helen Hintz want to ensure training opportunities for dually skilled clinician-researchers for generations to come. They established the Pope-Hintz Endowed Fellowship in honor of Harrison “Skip”...
Although professional coaches have been helping clients improve their work, health, and personal lives for decades, there have been few large-scale, well-designed research studies on how coaching positively changes behavior.
The newly launched ...
As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, McLean researchers received individual grants totaling an impressive $7.7 million. These highly competitive funds, made available through the National Institutes of Health, are being put to...
Depression, anxiety, and stress are a debilitating triad. About one in six Americans will suffer from depression at some point in his or her life; one in four will struggle with an anxiety disorder. Often, the two go hand in hand, triggered by stressors like childhood neglect or the death of a loved one. Left...
For much of the last century, depression has been viewed largely as a single disease; however, it is an extraordinarily heterogeneous condition. Consequently, predicting which healthy people will develop depression is challenging. Given...
The OCR is currently working on more than a dozen projects in various stages of completion with many more in the works. Our sincerest thanks go out to the patients, their families, the OCD Institute staff, and the various collaborators who have...
Last year, I heard a great story on the popular radio show “This American Life” about a family-owned sausage company that could no longer keep up with demand. In some ways, they already had what they wanted—a great business with a solid reputation that employed nearly two dozen of their neighbors...
The Office of Clinical Assessment and Research (OCAR) experienced a growth spurt recently and now features seven core members. I have asked Jesse Crosby, PhD, to lead this expanded team and coordinate our effort to do everything we can to help...
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.
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