Women’s Mental Health Related Content

Women’s Mental Health Fellowship Provides Unparalleled Opportunity

Ashley Beaulieu, DO, is the third recipient of McLean’s innovative year-long fellowship in women’s mental health . For Beaulieu and her predecessors, this exceptional experience offered a fascinating 12 months of learning, with exposure to female patients coping with a range of diagnoses in every...

Video: Mental Health in Women – McLean in Mumbai

Speaker: Dr. Jayita Deodhar In February 2019, McLean Hospital, in collaboration with the N.S. Vahia Foundation, offered a weeklong lecture series hosted at the Nehru Science Center in Mumbai focused on educating the public and professionals about brain and mental health. Learn more: mclean.org...

How Does Trauma Affect Women’s Brains?

Through clinical practice and neuroimaging studies, McLean Hospital’s Milissa Kaufman, MD, PhD , and Lauren A.M. Lebois, PhD , are revealing the clinical, cognitive, and neurobiological underpinnings of the effect of trauma on the brain, specifically in women, including long-misunderstood forms of...

Kristine M. Trustey Endows Leadership Chair in Women’s Mental Health

Women’s mental health—a relatively new, but rapidly evolving domain of psychiatry—received a tremendous boost with the creation of the Kristine M. Trustey Endowed Chair in Psychiatry at McLean. Philanthropist and mental health advocate Kristine Trustey established the chair in recognition of the...

Innovation and Compassion Are Hallmarks of a Career Founded on Ideals

Since her time as a medical student, Shelly F. Greenfield, MD, MPH , has understood that the integration of clinical care, research, and training was integral to delivering and improving patient care. This commitment has informed her work since then. “When I went into medicine, I believed strongly...

Council Promotes Dialogue About Mental Illness

National Council members Carroll C.D. Pierce and Kristine M. Trustey didn’t know each other until they agreed to co-chair McLean’s new Women’s Mental Health Leadership Council. Established only a year ago, the council now boasts 36 members, all women committed to learning about mental health issues...

Annual Dinner Honors Jane Fonda, Highlights Women’s Mental Health

On June 20, 2014, almost 400 members of the McLean community gathered at the InterContinental Boston to celebrate a year of achievements and to honor Jane Fonda with the 2014 McLean Award , given to individuals who have furthered the public’s understanding of psychiatric illness and mental health...

$2 Million Gift Fuels Trauma Research & Center for Women’s Mental Health

McLean Hospital recently received a $2 million gift from an anonymous family that will have far-reaching impact on the field of trauma disorders and, in particular, a special influence on women’s mental health. $1.5 million of the gift has created an endowment to support an annual Trauma Studies...

Promoting Wellness for Girls and Women

In 2013, McLean launched the Division of Women’s Mental Health (DWMH) under the leadership of Chief Academic Officer Shelly F. Greenfield, MD, MPH , whose vision is to enhance opportunities for clinical, research and educational collaborations across McLean that will improve the understanding of...