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Video: Lecture – The Circuits That Underlie Deep Brain Stimulation Targets for OCD

Presented by Suzanne N. Haber, PhD, and Jason Krompinger, PhD, McLean Hospital – Crossroads in Psychiatry lecture Deep brain stimulation is a promising therapeutic approach for patients with treatment-resistant obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Moreover, when patients are encouraged to look at...

Excessive Alcohol Consumption During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Alcohol consumption is a common coping response to stress, and historically, it has increased in the United States following catastrophic events, such as terrorist attacks and large-scale natural disasters. Considering COVID-19, experts at McLean Hospital have published a viewpoint article in the...

Society of Biological Psychiatry Honors McLean Visiting Scientist Suzanne Haber, PhD

McLean Hospital visiting scientist Suzanne Haber, PhD, is the recipient of the Gold Medal Award for 2020 from the Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP). The group recognized Haber for her many contributions to the study of neural networks that inform incentive learning and decision-making. “It’s a...

In the Media: The Cerebellum Isn’t What We Thought

Dr. Ann K. Shinn comments on a study that mapped communication between the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum.

A Unique Research Career Inspired by a Medical Diagnosis

Laura Germine, PhD , thought that a chronic disease wouldn’t just affect her personal life. She also feared it would derail her career as a neuroscientist and researcher. Instead, her Type 1 diabetes diagnosis opened a new opportunity in which she would combine her skills as a software developer...

State-of-the-Art Analysis Aims to Improve Early Detection of Psychosis

Early detection has always been the watchword in the treatment of medical conditions. A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Dost Öngür, MD, PhD , chief of the Division of Psychotic Disorders at McLean Hospital, aims to extend that to the diagnosis and treatment of psychosis. Fueled by a...

In the Media: What Causes Depression? What You Believe Matters

Dr. Courtney Beard discusses new research that highlights the downsides of emphasizing solely biological and genetic explanations of mental illness.

Study Will Enhance Training for Nurses Working With Dementia Patients

McLean Hospital’s Brent P. Forester, MD, MSc, is heading a new study of a training model to help primary care nurses better care for patients with dementia. Funded by a $54 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the research effort is one of two pilot studies by the NIA’s IMPACT...

In the Media: Special Podcast – A Conversation With the Cycle 1 IMPACT Pilot Study Awardees

Listen to Dr. Brent P. Forester discuss his IMPACT grant, which will be used to research and develop a training model to help primary care nurses better care for patients with dementia.

Video: Lecture – A Translational Perspective on Intergenerational Trauma

Presented by Torsten Klengel, MD, PhD , McLean Hospital – McLean Forum lecture A broad body of literature suggests that exposure to traumatic events in preceding generations can influence the risk of their offspring developing psychiatric disorders. Also, recent molecular studies show that the...

In the Media: The Science of Prayer

Dr. David H. Rosmarin and other experts discuss the lack of research on the health benefits of prayer.

Largest Grant Ever for Cannabis Research to Help Fund Study by McLean’s Dr. Staci Gruber

McLean Hospital researcher Staci Gruber, PhD , will use funding provided by Harvard University and MIT alumnus Charles R. Broderick to further her studies into different types of cannabis-based products. Last year, Broderick donated $9 million, split evenly between Harvard Medical School and MIT...

In the Media: Study Probes Brain Activity in Survivors of Paris Terror Attacks

Dr. Kerry J. Ressler and other experts review new research based on why some people develop PTSD.

Philanthropy Bolsters Research Into Teen Depression

How do you predict which teenagers will develop clinical depression ? Can you use brain activity, mood or behavior patterns, and other information? Are there targeted prevention strategies that could stop a vulnerable young person from plunging into depression? And for teenagers who are currently...

McLean Study Finds Marijuana Use Impacts Driving Even When Sober

A study by McLean Hospital’s Mary Kathryn Dahlgren, PhD , Staci Gruber, PhD , and their team from McLean’s Cognitive and Clinical Neuroimaging Core and the Marijuana Investigations for Neuroscientific Discovery (MIND) program, has found that recreational cannabis use affects driving ability even...

Video: Does Marijuana Use Impact Driving When Sober?

McLean researchers have discovered that recreational marijuana use affects driving ability even when users are not intoxicated.

Video: Benjamin Silverman Introduces Panel on Ethics in Clinical Research for Digital Psychiatry (TIPS 2019)

Moderator Benjamin Silverman, MD, McLean Hospital, introduces the panel What Makes Clinical Research/Work in Digital Psychiatry Ethical? These remarks were part of the 2019 Technology in Psychiatry Summit, an event sponsored by the McLean Institute for Technology in Psychiatry, which occurred...

Video: Engagement in Intensive Longitudinal Data Collection (TIPS 2019)

Inbal (Billie) Nahum-Shani, MA, PhD, University of Michigan, and Donna Spruijt-Metz, MFA, PhD, University of Southern California, speak on engagement in intensive longitudinal data collection. These remarks were part of the 2019 Technology in Psychiatry Summit, an event sponsored by the McLean...

Video: Assessing Health and Behavior Over Time (TIPS 2019)

Dana Wolff-Hughes, PhD, National Institutes of Health, presents on longitudinal assessment of health and behavior. Introduced by McLean’s Justin T. Baker, MD, PhD . These remarks were part of the 2019 Technology in Psychiatry Summit, an event sponsored by the McLean Institute for Technology in...

Video: Panel Discussion on Intensive Longitudinal Assessment of Health and Behavior (TIPS 2019)

This roundtable discussion includes experts Justin T. Baker, MD, PhD , (McLean Hospital), Matthew Nock, PhD, (Harvard University), Inbal (Billie) Nahum-Shani, MA, PhD, (University of Michigan), Donna Spruijt-Metz, MFA, PhD, (University of Southern California), Stephen Intille, PhD (Northeastern...

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