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McLean Hospital, a global leader in behavioral and mental health care, an affiliated teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, and the flagship psychiatric hospital of the Mass General Brigham integrated health care system, has announced a new collaboration with The Care Hack, a digital health...

A little over a decade ago, McLean embarked on a significant effort to adopt a divisional structure and install nationally respected leaders to oversee seven key domains. Three of the divisions focus on diagnoses, including depression and anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, and substance use...

In 2016, McLean Hospital established the Institute for Technology in Psychiatry (ITP), becoming one of the first institutions of its kind to make a major investment in digital health care and research. Leveraging academic and industry partners, along with patients willing to evaluate technology...

Recognizing growing global mental health needs, leaders and clinicians at McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have spent the past several years designing tailored workforce development and continuing professional education services for organizations outside of their institutions...

Older adults have the highest rates of suicide in the U.S. population, but most well-known national suicide prevention organizations do not have easily accessible prevention resources targeting this population, according to a new study led by researchers at McLean Hospital, a member of the Mass...

McLean Hospital has named Ipsit Vahia, MD, chief of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry. Vahia, a leader in the field of geriatric psychiatry, will hold the prestigious Corrigan-Minehan Endowed Chair in Psychiatry, established in 2023 by McLean Trustee Cathy Minehan. Widely recognized for its...

A wife had been caring for her husband with dementia at home for four years. She had come to McLean’s geriatric outpatient clinic to find out where to get more help for him. But it soon became apparent that she needed help herself. She was lonely and struggling with making decisions on her own. Her...

Dementia affected more than 6.7 million Americans in 2023, with 14 million cases projected in the U.S. by 2060. For millions of caregivers of people living with dementia, there is a longstanding gap in resources and best practices to support this population. As part of a new voluntary nationwide...