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Research

McLean Hospital maintains the largest neuroscience and psychiatry research program of any private psychiatric hospital in the United States. Investigators are gaining insight into the causes of mental illness and neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders by using cutting-edge approaches and...

Investigators

McLean’s robust research program, with numerous laboratories and more than 400 research scientists and staff, is backed by almost $50 million in funding.

Clinical Research at McLean

Through scientific investigations on human participants, clinical researchers try to find better ways to diagnose, prevent, and treat mental health disorders. The human brain is a marvelous—and marvelously complex organ. It has long been known that our brain is what sets us apart from other species...

Clinical Trials

Mental health research is conducted to study the human brain and learn about psychiatric illnesses with the goal of finding causes and improving treatment. Volunteers in clinical studies help researchers contribute to advances in psychiatric research. To find specific clinical research studies...

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...