Content Related to Psychosis

Endowed Fund Honors Joseph Stoklosa, MD, While Enhancing Clinical Care and Training

Joseph Stoklosa, MD, clinical director of McLean’s Division of Psychotic Disorders, never knew Andrew Smith. But Smith’s legacy will ensure that McLean’s superb care for patients with psychotic disorders will continue in perpetuity. Stoklosa is the inaugural incumbent of the Andrew L. Smith Clinical...

High Doses of Some Prescription Stimulants Tied to Increased Psychosis Risk

Prescribing rates for stimulants that treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have increased significantly over the past decade, with some of the largest increases reported during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study of adult emergency department admissions at Mass General Brigham, led...

McLean Researchers Provide Framework for Creating Research Advisory Board for Psychosis Research Studies

Community engagement is important for developing research involving patients with mental illness, and funding agencies are increasingly requiring such engagement. However, many researchers are unable to pursue advisory boards with people with lived experience with mental illness, including psychotic...

WellSpace Grows to Help More Young Adults

Since its founding in 2016, McLean Hospital’s WellSpace program has expanded to provide more support and education to young adults who have had experiences with psychosis. According to WellSpace Coordinator Stephen Fedele, the program has grown from “offering just two groups one-and-a-half days a...

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

State-of-the-Art Analysis Aims to Improve Early Detection of Psychosis

Early detection has always been the watchword in the treatment of medical conditions. A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Dost Öngür, MD, PhD, chief of the Division of Psychotic Disorders at McLean Hospital, aims to extend that to the diagnosis and treatment of psychosis. Fueled by a...

Collaborations Help the LEAP Center Study Early Psychosis

“Severe mental illnesses are common, they cause a lot of impairment, and available treatments are only partially effective and have many side effects,” said Dost Öngür, MD, PhD, director of McLean’s Laboratory for Early Psychosis (LEAP) Center. “One of the best promises for improving on this picture...

Staff Profile: Allison Nelson-Eliot, MSW, LICSW

Allison Nelson-Eliot, MSW, LICSW, is the program director for McLean OnTrack, a first episode psychosis program for young adults. A licensed social worker since 1998, Ms. Nelson-Eliot joined the McLean staff in 2012. Prior to coming on board as a clinician at McLean OnTrack in 2017, Ms. Nelson-Eliot...

Staff Profile: Emily E. Carol, PhD

Emily E. Carol, PhD, is the clinic director of the Support, Treatment, and Resilience (STAR) Program at McLean Hospital. In this role, she is involved in STAR’s clinical, outreach, research, and training initiatives. Her expertise is in early identification and intervention for emerging serious...

Staff Profile: Suzanne E. Bloore, MD

Suzanne E. Bloore, MD, is a board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist. Dr. Bloore has expertise in the treatment of emotion dysregulation, mood disorders, and psychotic disorders. She also teaches psychiatry residents and medical students. Dr. Bloore focuses on a developmental...

Staff Profile: Susan Cullaty-Purvis, DNP, PMHNP-BC

Susan Cullaty-Purvis, DNP, PMHNP-BC, is a nurse practitioner specializing in the treatment of psychosis and mood disorders. Currently she is a staff nurse practitioner in the Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Outpatient Clinic, part of McLean Hospital’s Adult Outpatient Services.

Support, Treatment, and Resilience Program

The Support, Treatment, and Resilience (STAR) Program delivers high-quality outpatient care to teens and young adults ages 14-25 who are at risk of mental health conditions that can cause psychosis. The program offers psychosis risk assessment, individual therapy, medication management, and family...

Staff Profile: Zachary B. Millman, PhD

Zachary B. Millman, PhD, is the director of research for the Support, Treatment, and Resilience (STAR) Program at McLean Hospital. He is also an assistant psychologist at McLean and an assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. At STAR, Dr. Millman...

Staff Profile: Ana Ticlea, MD

Ana Ticlea, MD, is the medical director of the McLean SouthEast Adult Psychiatric Inpatient Program, where she treats patients with various diagnoses. She works most frequently with patients with mood disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and psychosis. Dr. Ticlea’s academic interests...

Staff Profile: Shalisha Crouch, PMHNP-BC

Shalisha Crouch, PMHNP-BC, earned her BA degree in psychology at Syracuse University in New York. She then returned to Boston, and worked as a counselor and case manager at various facilities funded by the Department of Mental Health, with all age spans and a variety of cultures. She later completed...

Staff Profile: Andrew Wu, MD

Andrew Wu, MD, is an assistant psychiatrist in McLean’s Division of Psychotic Disorders and a lecturer on psychiatry, part-time, at Harvard Medical School. He also conducts research related to improving physician wellness using econometric methods. He was previously the recipient of a Dupont-Warren...

Staff Profile: Tamara Welikson, PhD

Tamara Welikson, PhD, is the director of psychological services for the Support, Treatment, and Resilience (STAR) Program at McLean Hospital. She is also an instructor in psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Welikson’s clinical and research specialization focuses...

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...

Waverley Place

Waverley Place is a community-based support program that provides a recovery-oriented environment for adults facing mental health challenges. Our program supports adults who may experience changes in thinking and concentration, have difficulties with hearing, seeing, or sensing things that others...

Staff Profile: Hyun Jung Kim, MD

Hyun Jung Kim, MD is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, specializing in psychosis-risk syndromes and early psychosis. After completing psychiatry residency at Duke University and a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital, Dr. Kim joined Yale...

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