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In the Media: How To Protect Your Mental Health While Reflecting on the Boston Marathon Bombings

Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia urges people not to be ashamed if they’re struggling with painful memories surrounding the Boston Marathon bombings.

In the Media: Experts Discuss Supporting Teenage Mental Health at Harvard Ed School Panel

Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia joins a Harvard Graduate School of Education panel discussion examining the impact of social media on the mental health of young adults.

McLean Hospital Supports Effort to Establish Trauma-Informed Care Training Institute in Angola

When she was in the fourth grade, Alisha Moreland-Capuia, MD , and her classmates were asked by their teacher what they wanted to do when they grew up. Moreland-Capuia had one resounding desire in her mind that would ultimately shape her life’s work: She wanted to help people who were suffering...

In the Media: How Black People Can Cope With the Trauma of Witnessing Repeated Death and Violence Against Them

Listen to Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia discuss collective trauma and offer ways to cope.

In the Media: Will Smith and the ‘Unfair’ Burden Black Men Face

Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia talks about triggers and Will Smith’s violent behavior at the Oscars.

In the Media: Will Smith, Chris Rock, and When Words Are Violent, Too

Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia remarks on the power of words and the need to be mindful of their impact.

In the Media: Why We Can’t Agree on Will Smith’s Slap

“Your personal experience and where you are, even in the evolution of your understanding of how you resolve your own internal and external conflicts, affects how you view what happened.” – Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia

McLean’s Alisha Moreland-Capuia, MD, Joins Event on Racism in Our Community

In the Fall of 2021, McLean Hospital’s Alisha Moreland-Capuia, MD , took part in a community outreach event sponsored by Mass General Brigham (MGB) that explored the impact of racism on our community and offered possible solutions. “Coming Together for Change: A Mass General Brigham Virtual Event”...

In the Media: 9/11 Flashbacks, Traumatic Memories and Stress Impacting People on 20-Year Anniversary

“It’s important to help folks recognize that a trauma reaction or feeling unsafe in the context of an event that made a lot of folks feel unsafe is reasonable.” – Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia

In the Media: Vaccination Impatience – The Anger Towards the Unjabbed

Listen to Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia offer ways to manage feelings of anger and frustration toward those who resist getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia Leads McLean’s New Culturally Informed Trauma Care Program

Psychiatrist Alisha Moreland-Capuia, MD, has been recruited to lead McLean Hospital’s new Program for Culturally and Trauma-Informed Community Outreach. Moreland-Capuia, an expert in trauma-informed care , specializes in working with underserved populations. She moved from Oregon Health & Science...

McLean Launches Institute for Trauma-Informed Systems Change

On Tuesday, July 6, health care leaders, government officials, and journalists from across the U.S., Europe, and Africa joined Alisha Moreland-Capuia, MD , for a virtual meet and greet to launch McLean Hospital’s new Institute for Trauma-Informed Systems Change . Moreland-Capuia, the institute’s...

Advancing Trauma-Informed Systems Change Through Education and Research

McLean Hospital is collaborating with national and international experts to provide training aimed at fostering trauma-informed systems change. Led by Alisha Moreland-Capuia, MD , founder and director of McLean’s Institute for Trauma-Informed Systems Change, this team of educators is offering two...

In the Media: This Is America – Why We Need to Validate Each Other’s Pain

“When we think about historical trauma, especially for people of color, it has always been about ... invalidation.” – Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia

In the Media: How to Slow the Doomscroll

Listen to Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia and other experts discuss how reading social media posts or news stories containing negative content can impact mental health.

In the Media: The Internet Says ‘Check In on Your Black Friends.’ It’s More Complex Than That.

Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia and others present ways to support people of color who are experiencing racial trauma.

In the Media: Meghan and Harry Interview Puts Mental Health in the Spotlight – Here’s What Partners Can Do

Watch Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia discuss ways that partners can help loved ones experiencing a mental health crisis.

In the Media: Breonna Taylor’s Movement and Why So Many Saw Themselves in Her Story

“All human beings, whether we are conscious of it or not, are concerned with three things. It is being safe, feeling safe, or seeking safety.” – Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia

In the Media: Through the Eyes of a Child

Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia and other experts examine types of childhood trauma and discuss research into adverse childhood experiences.

Bank of America Gift Will Help Transform the Lives of Justice-Involved Youth

In some urban areas, the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among young people rivals that of the military. Add to this the fact that a sizable percentage of people incarcerated in American prisons have untreated mental illness. With this in mind, McLean is bringing its expertise in...

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