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In September, McLean Hospital joined the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and several public and private organizations to find early therapeutic interventions for people at risk for schizophrenia . Launched by the National Institutes of Health, the public-private...

McLean Hospital’s third annual Technology in Psychiatry Summit (TIPS) was the largest yet. The event drew some 300 researchers, clinicians, business leaders, and others from 11 countries. Held at Harvard Medical School’s Joseph B. Martin Conference Center in Boston from October 28 through 29, the...

Justin T. Baker Thinks It’s Time for Psychiatry to Adapt to a Changing Culture and a Younger Cohort of Patients Moving to a more data-driven practice poses a challenge in a health care system that is moving toward what is thought of as a more cost-effective model of providing the right care in the...

McLean Hospital researchers are set to commence work on a study that will leverage extensive digital data to evaluate, at the individual level, the biological, environmental, and social factors that trigger dangerous mental states, particularly mania and psychosis, in people with bipolar disorder...

Researchers from McLean Hospital and Yale University have published findings of their study of large-scale systems in the brain, findings that could improve understanding of the symptoms and causes of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia , depression , and other mental illnesses. Their paper, “...

Coding, robotics, virtual reality (VR)—to most of us, these are mostly foreign concepts, or they exist solely in the realm of science fiction. But to a group of 5th graders in Belmont, Massachusetts, who participate in the First Lego League (FLL)—and to Justin T. Baker, MD, PhD , scientific director...

Technology is ubiquitous. Children have smartphones, octogenarians are savvy iPad users, and nearly everyone tracks steps and calories with wearables. It is no surprise that the field of psychiatry is forging a path toward using technology to revolutionize the way mental illnesses are diagnosed and...

Can technology solve some of our biggest mental health challenges? That’s the key question being addressed by some of the nation’s top technology and mental health experts during the McLean Hospital Technology in Psychiatry Summit next week (November 6-7) at Harvard Medical School. “Tremendous...

At a restaurant in San Diego, Ipsit Vahia, MD , had his “aha” moment. He and his wife were dining with friends and their four-year-old son, who was restless and disruptive. Vahia handed over his iPhone, and the boy was quietly absorbed until it was time to leave. Distracting children with technology...