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Joining Forces To Provide a Full Continuum of Trauma-Focused Care

McLean Hospital has a strong reputation as being one of the premier locations in the United States for trauma-related patient care and research. With exposure to traumatic events occurring worldwide, we continue to adapt to meet the needs of the communities we serve. To address this, McLean’s Hill...

Feelings of Detachment Predict Worse Mental Health Outcomes After Trauma

Results from the largest prospective study of its kind indicate that for individuals who experience trauma, the presence of dissociation—a profound feeling of detachment from one’s sense of self or surroundings—may indicate a high risk of later developing severe post-traumatic stress, depression...

Launching Careers With Coveted K Awards

K awards, which are part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Career Development Awards, support the next generation of scientists focused on addressing the country’s most pressing biomedical challenges. These awards serve to provide both salary and research for intensive, focused...

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...