Psychosis Related Content

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...

Staff Profile: Suzanne E. Bloore, MD

Suzanne E. Bloore, MD, is a board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist. Dr. Bloore has expertise in the treatment of emotion dysregulation, mood disorders, and psychotic disorders. She also teaches psychiatry residents and medical students. Dr. Bloore focuses on a developmental...

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.

Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)

At McLean Hospital, we understand that care doesn’t end when someone leaves the hospital. Our Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) brings clinicians into individuals’ homes and local communities. This allows us to best meet the ongoing needs of people with psychotic disorders such as...

McLean OnTrack™

McLean OnTrack TM provides the best possible care for young adults in the early stages of psychotic disorders. We understand that experiencing psychosis, especially first episode psychosis, can be a period of great uncertainty for patients and their families. Our outpatient program specializes in...

Staff Profile: Ruth Firmin, PhD

Ruth Firmin, PhD, is a staff psychologist at McLean OnTrack. Her clinical expertise is person-centered, evidence-based treatment of psychosis. Dr. Firmin specialized in treating serious mental illness throughout her doctoral work at Purdue University-Indianapolis, clinical internship at Yale School...

Staff Profile: Ana Ticlea, MD

Ana Ticlea, MD, is the medical director of the McLean SouthEast Adult Psychiatric Inpatient Program, where she treats patients with various diagnoses. She works most frequently with patients with mood disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and psychosis. Dr. Ticlea’s academic interests...

Staff Profile: Zachary B. Millman, PhD

Zachary B. Millman, PhD, is the director of research for the Support, Treatment, and Resilience (STAR) Program at McLean Hospital. He is also an assistant psychologist at McLean and an instructor in psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. At STAR, Dr. Millman oversees...

Staff Profile: Shalisha Crouch, PMHNP-BC

Shalisha Crouch, PMHNP-BC, earned her BA degree in psychology at Syracuse University in New York. She then returned to Boston, and worked as a counselor and case manager at various facilities funded by the Department of Mental Health, with all age spans and a variety of cultures. She later completed...

Staff Profile: Andrew Wu, MD

Andrew Wu, MD, is the associate medical director of McLean’s Appleton program and an instructor in psychiatry, part-time, at Harvard Medical School. He also conducts research related to improving physician wellness using econometric methods. He was previously the recipient of a Dupont-Warren...

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...

LEAP Center™

The goal of the Laboratory for Early Psychosis (LEAP) Center is to develop collaborations, data systems, and methods to better understand the unique characteristics in first episode psychosis patient outcomes and treatment impacts. The LEAP Center TM is one of the National Institute of Mental Health...

Support, Treatment, and Resilience Program

The Support, Treatment, and Resilience (STAR) Program delivers high-quality outpatient care to teens and young adults ages 14-25 who are at risk of mental health conditions that can cause psychosis. The program offers psychosis risk assessment, individual therapy, medication management, and family...

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...