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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...
McLean Conte Center for the Neurobiology of Approach-Avoidance Decision Making
Using an integrated research program, the McLean Conte Center for the Neurobiology of Approach-Avoidance Decision Making aims to advance the understanding of brain mechanisms behind depression and anxiety. Funded through a five-year Silvio O. Conte Center for Translational Mental Health Research...
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...