Video: Lecture – E-Cigarettes: Promises, Concerns, and Interventions
Presented by Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, MD, Yale University School of Medicine – Visiting Scholar Series lecture
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Honoring the Legacy of Mary Etta Bryant, McLean Nursing School Class of 1960
Mary Etta Bryant was one of the first Black students at the McLean Hospital School of Nursing. She graduated in 1960 and was the school’s student body president during her senior year. Bryant was born in Noblesville, Indiana. During her senior year of high school and the year following her high...
Video: Lecture – The Neuropsychiatry of COVID
Presented by Gaston C. Baslet, MD, and Jessica A. Harder, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital – Visiting Scholar Series lecture.
Video: Lecture – Loneliness and Social Connection at Work
Presented by Connie Noonan Hadley, PhD, MBA, Boston University – Visiting Scholar Series lecture
New Fellowship Helps Launch Research Careers of Young Investigators
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...
Video: Lecture – Preventing Suicide in People With Opioid Use Disorder
Presented by Hilary S. Connery, MD, PhD, McLean Hospital – McLean Forum lecture
Video: Lecture – Glutamate and GABA Mechanisms in Psychosis: Research and Clinical Implications
Presented by Dost Ӧngür, MD, PhD, and W. Brad Ruzicka, MD, PhD, McLean Hospital – Crossroads in Psychiatry lecture
Video: Lecture – The Role of the Family in the Treatment of Early-Onset Bipolar Disorder
Presented by David J. Miklowitz, PhD, UCLA Semel Institute – Visiting Scholar Series lecture
Video: Lecture – Healing in a Social Context: The Importance of Clinician/Patient Relationship
Presented by Bruce E. Wampold, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison – The Alfred Stanton Lecture During this talk, Wampold defines the three components of healing. “Natural effects,” such as the immune system and other bodily mechanisms for protection, are healing approaches that are unmediated by...
Video: Lecture – Examining the Connections of PTSD and Cardiovascular Disease
Presented by Antonia V. Seligowski, PhD, McLean Hospital – McLean Forum lecture Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with a greater risk of cardiovascular disease as compared to the general population. Individuals with PTSD are more likely to have myocardial infarction, stroke, and...
Video: Lecture – The Effectiveness of Mental Health Training Simulation on Learning Outcomes
Presented by Denise A. Soccio, DNP, RN, McLean Hospital – McLean Forum lecture Studies show that mental health simulation or “SIM” is an effective form of training for mental health nurses. Soccio defines SIM as “a technique, device, or activity that aims to authentically recreate, imitate, or...
Video: Lecture – Religion, Spirituality and Mental Health: Research and Clinical Applications
Presented by Harold G. Koenig, MD, Duke University School of Medicine – Visiting Scholar Series Is religion good for mental health? Do religious beliefs increase resilience and improve psychological and social functioning? Are the same benefits derived from being “spiritual” but not religious? These...
Video: Lecture - Clinical Considerations in Bipolar Disorder
Presented by Dr. Allan Young, King’s College London – The Irene Jakab Lecture In this wide-ranging talk, Young looks at bipolar disorder from different perspectives. He discusses early descriptions of bipolar disorder and explains how patients were diagnosed and treated. Also, he explains how...
Leadership Team Announced for Psychology Internship Program
McLean Hospital is thrilled to announce that Courtney Beard, PhD, Thröstur Björgvinsson, PhD, ABPP, and Matthew Schrock, PhD, have joined the new co-director leadership team for the McLean Hospital Psychology Internship Program. This team was recently appointed after longtime director of the...
National Experts Offer Workshop on Advances in Suicide Assessment & Prevention
On Wednesday, October 20, McLean Hospital and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine are offering a free virtual workshop on suicide assessment and prevention. “Suicide-Focused Assessment and Treatment: An Update for Professionals” will...
Video: Lecture – Young Adult Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Presented by Cindy H. Liu, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital – Visiting Scholar Series The COVID-19 pandemic has brought forth many uncertainties and stressors that have had tremendous effects on the mental health of young adults. These issues have been made worse by ever-changing public health...
Video: Lecture – Novel Interventions for OCD
Presented by Carolyn Rodriguez, MD, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine – Women in Medicine and Science Month lecture Standard first-line treatments for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) may not provide sufficient relief of OCD symptoms for all those seeking care. Given the limited success...
Spring 2021 Professional Nursing Advancement Program Recipients Honored
During the Nurses Day Conference 2021, held online on May 7, 2021, Nicole Visaggio, RN, and Teresa Henderson, BSN, RN, recognized recent recipients of McLean’s Professional Nursing Advancement Program (PNAP). Recipients were presented in Tier 1 and Tier 2. As part of the application process for Tier...
Nurses Day Conference Keynote Looks at the Challenges of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
What is the role of nursing in interprofessional teams? What strategies can be used to build more effective communication between health care professionals? What can nurses do to improve and advance interprofessional collaborative practice? These are just some of the questions that were addressed by...
Strengthening Resilience in the Time of COVID
Even though many of McLean’s faculty and trainees attend their share of daily Zoom meetings, one meeting in particular has become a welcome respite from the others. A virtual peer support series offered by McLean’s Office of the Chief Academic Officer, “Strengthening Resilience in the Time of COVID...
