Harvard’s Matthew Nock on Using New Technologies to Better Understand, Predict, and Prevent Suicidal Behavior (TIPS 2017)

Matthew K. Nock, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and director of the Laboratory for Clinical and Developmental Research at Harvard University whose research focuses on self-harm. He was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2011.

This talk was part of the 2017 Technology in Psychiatry Summit, sponsored by the McLean Institute for Technology in Psychiatry on November 6-7, 2017, at the JB Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School. Part of panel: Reinventing the Psychiatric Laboratory.

Technological and social advancements are changing the way science is conducted. Methods for remote data collection, collaboration, and data sharing have led to new approaches to mental health research that transcend geographical and institutional boundaries. In this session, speakers discuss how we might conceptualize a laboratory of the future to lead us to a better understanding of mental health, the brain, and behavior.

Please visit mclean.org/itp to learn more about the McLean Institute for Technology in Psychiatry.