Psychosis Related Content

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...

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 – 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...

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...