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In our summer edition of Horizons, we share stories that highlight the myriad ways legacies can be built—from philanthropy to service to innovative clinical care. Our cover story highlights one donor’s three-decades-long trust in McLean and willingness to associate the family name with McLean...

Dementia. The mere mention of cognitive decline is usually enough to send chills down the spines of older Americans and their family members. While there is broad recognition of the devastating impact of living with illnesses that include symptoms affecting memory and thinking, such as Alzheimer’s...

Carroll and Bob Pierce understand the heartache of trying to help family members with mental health concerns. Two of their four daughters began experiencing anxiety when they were in middle school. “We had zero idea what anxiety was when our first daughter was diagnosed. I cannot overstate our...

Phyllis and Jerry Rappaport have always taken two things very seriously: McLean Hospital’s leadership in neuroscience research and the importance of emerging leaders in advancing the field of psychiatry. As evidence, and as a capstone to a 20-year relationship with the hospital, the couple has...

Singer, actress, producer, and founder of Rare Beauty Selena Gomez uses her celebrity status and expansive platform to bring awareness to mental health. Now, her Rare Impact Fund has donated $100,000 to McLean to fund a series of free educational webinars targeting young people as well as the people...

In 2019, a group of six friends from the Boston area—all women, all mothers—signed up for the third annual Ride for Mental Health. That first year, it was all about a ‘women’s weekend’ and getting away from the responsibilities of daily life. They decided to tackle the 25-mile route—some with more...

McLean’s Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) strives to provide customized, person-centered care in the community. Serving people that primarily have chronic mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, the program’s goal is to help people live fulfilling, independent lives...

“Thank you for everything. I thought I’d lost her.” As the program director at McLean’s newly launched adolescent inpatient program in Middleborough, Massachusetts, Joyce Velt, LICSW, has had dozens of notes, letters, and phone calls from grateful parents expressing similar sentiments. The idea of...

This first edition of Horizons in 2022 pays tribute to the impact McLean has beyond our core campus in Belmont. Despite the challenges of the past two years, McLean continues to grow, expand access to care, and share our expertise broadly. You’ll read about our new 68-bed inpatient facility in...

McLean Hospital’s Women’s Mental Health Leadership Council (WHMLC) recently hosted Olympic runner and award-winning actor and writer Alexi Pappas for a virtual conversation around mental health. More than 150 invited guests tuned in to hear Pappas share her experience of clinical depression...

Julianne Wilner Tirpak, PhD, an early career psychologist, understands that dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is the gold-standard treatment for young people who struggle to manage their emotions, particularly those who exhibit self-harm or suicidal behaviors. As the inaugural recipient of a unique...

Sue Callori needs only to glance at her arms to remember the tools she uses when the going gets tough. On her right arm her tattoos read: “Challenge your thoughts,” “Radical acceptance,” and “Distraction,” and on her left: “This too shall pass.” The writings remind her of what she learned during her...

Call it the great technology experiment of 2020-2021. In just days, McLean—along with most other mental health care providers—transitioned from delivering care almost entirely in person to treating a majority of patients via videoconferencing or phone. “We had been baby-stepping our way toward...

Michelle’s teenage son had struggled with depression for years before he came to McLean’s 3East residential program. At the core of 3East’s continuum of care is dialectical behavior therapy, a gold-standard, evidence-based treatment that teaches people to regulate emotions, tolerate distress, build...

The fall/winter edition of Horizons features stories of hope and progress, apt themes for these times. Our cover story spotlights the importance of developing clinician-researchers through a unique new fellowship that blends both worlds. We also share how McLean’s efforts to deploy technology as a...

McLean Hospital is excited to announce The Ride for Mental Health (The Ride), a weekend of cycling, celebration, and fundraising to support McLean programs, will once again be held in the picturesque Hudson Valley, June 25-26. Starting in New Paltz, New York, only 90 minutes north of Manhattan, The...

“Racial and ethnic diversity in science is essential to delivering excellence and superior innovations,” said Stephanie Pinder-Amaker, PhD, McLean’s chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer. McLean President and Psychiatrist in Chief Scott L. Rauch, MD, Pinder-Amaker, and other members of...

Exposure and response prevention (ERP) is the gold standard therapy for people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). But for some reason, it wasn’t effective for Anne and Andy Heller’s family member. So, the couple, who are members of McLean’s National Council and generous donors to OCD research...

The McLean Board of Visitors (BoV) gathers annually to connect and learn about current innovations in research, clinical care, and training at McLean. Sally Lee is a longtime member of the group and a former patient at McLean. She credits the hospital for saving her life and now pays it forward...

It is striking to reflect on what a very different summer this is than 2020. McLean has come through this pandemic deeply grounded in our mission. The stories in this edition of Horizons feature some of the most vibrant aspects of our work, such as personal connections, innovation, and diversity...