In the Media: Alone in the Crowd
Drs. Jacqueline Olds, Richard S. Schwartz, and Jacqueline Sperling speak about the impact of loneliness.
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In the Media: Why Antidepressants Can Cause Emotional Blunting – And How To Cope if You’re Taking Them
Dr. D. Bradford Reich discusses some of the potential side effects of antidepressants.
In the Media: Cognition After NFL Retirement Worse in Players With Concussion Symptoms During Career
Dr. Laura Germine and colleagues find that football players who reported concussion symptoms after they retired performed worse on cognitive tests than nonplayers.
In the Media: The Magic Pill Club
Drs. James I. Hudson and Diego A. Pizzagalli describe how the body reacts and processes mental health medications.
NFL Players Who Experienced Concussion Symptoms Show Reduced Cognitive Performance Decades After Retirement
Former professional football players who reported experiencing concussion symptoms during their playing careers were found to perform worse on a battery of cognitive tests than nonplayers, according to a study led by Mass General Brigham investigators from McLean Hospital and Spaulding...
In the Media: Football Head Injuries Could Impair Thinking and Memory for Decades, Research on Retired NFL Players Finds
A study lead by Dr. Laura Germine finds that football players who suffered concussions performed worse on cognitive tests than nonplayers.
In the Media: NFL Players With Concussion Histories Have Reduced Cognitive Performance, Study Shows
Dr. Laura Germine and colleagues find that football players who experience concussion symptoms during their careers scored worse on cognitive assessments tests.
In the Media: New Study Reveals the Effect of Racism and Poverty on Children’s Brains
Watch Dr. Nathaniel G. Harnett discuss the research into the lasting effects of childhood trauma.
In the Media: Current Treatments for Cramps Aren’t Cutting It. Why Aren’t There Better Options?
Dr. Laura Payne comments on the challenges of securing menstrual pain research funding.
In the Media: Racism Takes a Toll on the Brain, Research Shows
Dr. Nathaniel G. Harnett explains how brain circuits change due to the chronic stress of racism and discrimination.
Improving Child and Adolescent Care With “Big Data”
All too often, getting to the right diagnosis and treatment plan for a mental health disorder is a time-consuming, confusing, and stressful progression of guesswork, trial and error, and missed opportunities. This painful scenario is only intensified when it’s a child who is struggling. Dr. Alex De...
In the Media: ‘Why Is God Doing This to Me?’
Dr. David H. Rosmarin presents his work examining the role of spirituality in health care.
In the Media: MRIs Show Racism and Poverty May Alter Brain Development of Black Children, Study Says
New research from Dr. Nathaniel G. Harnett and team indicates how stressors can impact Black children and can lead to the development of mental health issues.
In the Media: MRI Scans Show That Racism and Poverty Are Likely To Alter Black Children’s Brains
Dr. Nathaniel G. Harnett and colleagues highlight the role structural racism may play in brain development and mental illness.
In the Media: Racial Disparities Can Affect Brain Development in Black Children, New Study Finds
Dr. Nathaniel G. Harnett and colleagues’ new study highlights the role structural racism may play in brain development and disparate rates of psychiatric disease among Black and white Americans.
Racial Disparities in Childhood Adversity Linked to Brain Structural Differences in U.S. Children
Black children in the United States are more likely to experience childhood adversity than white children, and these disparities are reflected in differential changes to regions of the brain linked to psychiatric diseases like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to new research led by...
In the Media: MRI Scans Reveal Disparate Impact of Poverty and Other ‘Toxic Stress’ on Brains of Black Children
Dr. Nathaniel Harnett and a team of McLean researchers issue a new study highlighting the role racism may play in brain development.
In the Media: Predictive Biomarkers Could Ease the Exhaustive Trial-and-Error of Antidepressants
Dr. Diego A. Pizzagalli’s clinical trial using MRIs to assess antidepressant effectiveness is featured.
In the Media: How Games Can Make Behavioral Science Better
The research of Dr. Laura Germine is referenced in an article about making research experiments more fun and engaging for the participants.
In the Media: Procrastinators May Delay All the Way to Worse Health
An article about a new study examining if procrastination is associated with worse mental health symptoms features original educational content from McLean Hospital.
