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Endowed Fund Honors Joseph Stoklosa, MD, While Enhancing Clinical Care and Training

Joseph Stoklosa, MD, clinical director of McLean’s Division of Psychotic Disorders, never knew Andrew Smith. But Smith’s legacy will ensure that McLean’s superb care for patients with psychotic disorders will continue in perpetuity. Stoklosa is the inaugural incumbent of the Andrew L. Smith Clinical...

High Doses of Some Prescription Stimulants Tied to Increased Psychosis Risk

Prescribing rates for stimulants that treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have increased significantly over the past decade, with some of the largest increases reported during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study of adult emergency department admissions at Mass General Brigham, led...

McLean Researchers Provide Framework for Creating Research Advisory Board for Psychosis Research Studies

Community engagement is important for developing research involving patients with mental illness, and funding agencies are increasingly requiring such engagement. However, many researchers are unable to pursue advisory boards with people with lived experience with mental illness, including psychotic...

WellSpace Grows to Help More Young Adults

Since its founding in 2016, McLean Hospital’s WellSpace program has expanded to provide more support and education to young adults who have had experiences with psychosis. According to WellSpace Coordinator Stephen Fedele, the program has grown from “offering just two groups one-and-a-half days a...

Video: Lecture – Glutamate and GABA Mechanisms in Psychosis: Research and Clinical Implications

Presented by Dost Ӧngür, MD, PhD, and W. Brad Ruzicka, MD, PhD, McLean Hospital – Crossroads in Psychiatry lecture

Video: Lecture – Early Psychosis Care: National Landscape and Scientific Opportunities

Presented by Robert K. Heinssen, PhD, ABPP, National Institute of Mental Health – Visiting Scholar Series “Something remarkable has happened in the treatment of youth with early psychosis,” says Robert K. Heinssen, PhD, ABPP. Between 2008 and 2018, evidence-based first episode psychosis treatment...

State-of-the-Art Analysis Aims to Improve Early Detection of Psychosis

Early detection has always been the watchword in the treatment of medical conditions. A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Dost Öngür, MD, PhD, chief of the Division of Psychotic Disorders at McLean Hospital, aims to extend that to the diagnosis and treatment of psychosis. Fueled by a...

Video: Lecture – Prediction and Prevention of Psychosis in At-Risk Youth

Presented by Tyrone D. Cannon, PhD, Yale University – Visiting Scholar Series Currently, clinicians can use interventions that can target the symptoms and functional impairments associated with psychosis. Yet, many clinicians and researchers are working on ways to prevent psychosis or address...

Collaborations Help the LEAP Center Study Early Psychosis

“Severe mental illnesses are common, they cause a lot of impairment, and available treatments are only partially effective and have many side effects,” said Dost Öngür, MD, PhD, director of McLean’s Laboratory for Early Psychosis (LEAP) Center. “One of the best promises for improving on this picture...

Video: Lecture – Risk of Psychosis With Prescription Stimulants in Youths With ADHD

Presented by Lauren V. Moran, MD, McLean Hospital – McLean Forum lecture The use of stimulants like methylphenidate, such as Ritalin, and amphetamine, including Adderall, to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been increasing. In fact, prescribing of amphetamines has risen four...

Video: Lecture – From Neuroscience to Novel Treatments for Psychosis

Presented by Bruce M. Cohen, MD, PhD, and Dost Öngür, MD, PhD, McLean Hospital – Crossroads in Psychiatry lecture Psychotic disorders are affected by many interacting factors. In fact, large-scale studies conducted on tens of thousands of people with genetic disorders have shown that genetic factors...

Video: Cheryl Corcoran on Language and Psychosis (TIPS 2018)

Cheryl Corcoran, MD, is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. She is an associate professor of Psychiatry and program leader in Psychosis Risk at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Together with Dr. Guillermo Cecchi of IBM, Dr. Corcoran has identified linguistic...

Video: Lecture – The Alfred Pope Award for Young Investigators 2018

SIRT2 as Key Regulator of Metabolic Transition During Human Induced Pluripotency Young Cha, PhD, Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, McLean Hospital Insulin Signaling and Brain Energy Metabolism in First Episode Psychosis and Unaffected Siblings Virginie-Anne Chouinard, MD, McLean OnTrack, McLean...

Video: Implementing Mobile Health Platforms in Early Psychosis Care (TIPS 2017)

Laura Tully, PhD, is an assistant professor in psychiatry at UC Davis and director of Clinical Training at the UC Davis Early Psychosis Programs. Dr. Tully received her PhD from Harvard University, completed her post-doc at UC Davis, and transitioned to faculty in 2015. Dr. Tully has expertise in...

Waverley Place

Waverley Place is a community-based support program that provides a recovery-oriented environment for adults facing mental health challenges. Our program supports adults who may experience changes in thinking and concentration, have difficulties with hearing, seeing, or sensing things that others...

Staff Profile: Allison Nelson-Eliot, MSW, LICSW

Allison Nelson-Eliot, MSW, LICSW, is the program director for McLean OnTrack, a first episode psychosis program for young adults. A licensed social worker since 1998, Ms. Nelson-Eliot joined the McLean staff in 2012. Prior to coming on board as a clinician at McLean OnTrack in 2017, Ms. Nelson-Eliot...

Staff Profile: Susan Cullaty-Purvis, DNP, PMHNP-BC

Susan Cullaty-Purvis, DNP, PMHNP-BC, is a nurse practitioner specializing in the treatment of psychosis and mood disorders. Currently she is a staff nurse practitioner in the Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Outpatient Clinic, part of McLean Hospital’s Adult Outpatient Services.

Staff Profile: Emily E. Carol, PhD

Emily E. Carol, PhD, is the clinic director of the Support, Treatment, and Resilience (STAR) Program at McLean Hospital. In this role, she is involved in STAR’s clinical, outreach, research, and training initiatives. Her expertise is in early identification and intervention for emerging serious...

Appleton

Appleton provides comprehensive psychiatric treatment for adults ages 18 and over. We aim to support and empower individuals on the path to recovery. Our self-pay program is ideal for those who: Have experienced psychosis or been diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder May also have co...

Staff Profile: Tamara Welikson, PhD

Tamara Welikson, PhD, is the director of psychological services for the Support, Treatment, and Resilience (STAR) Program at McLean Hospital. She is also an instructor in psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Welikson’s clinical and research specialization focuses...

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