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Why Gender-Affirming Care Matters—and How McLean Is Leading the Way

For transgender and nonbinary individuals, accessing gender-affirming mental health care isn’t just about comfort—it’s often a matter of survival. Studies consistently show that gender-affirming care—care that respects and supports a person’s gender identity—can significantly reduce depression...

Staff Profile: Alisa Busch, MD, MS

Alisa Busch, MD, MS, is a psychiatrist and mental health services researcher who is nationally recognized for her work on measuring mental health care quality in systems of care. She has served on national technical expert panels on quality measurement in usual care mental health settings for the...

Staff Profile: Martha J. Falkenstein, PhD

Martha J. Falkenstein, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the director of research for the Office of Clinical Assessment and Research (OCAR) at the OCD Institute at McLean Hospital. Her research focuses on investigating...

Staff Profile: Courtney Beard, PhD

Courtney Beard, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and director of the Cognition and Affect Research and Education (CARE) Laboratory at McLean Hospital. Dr. Beard’s research aims to delineate cognitive and affective mechanisms...

Staff Profile: Thröstur Björgvinsson, PhD, ABPP

Thröstur Björgvinsson, PhD, ABPP, is the director of the International Dissemination of Evidence-Based Approaches (IDEA) Laboratory at McLean Hospital and an associate professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He was previously co-director of psychology...

Staff Profile: Kathryn Eve Lewandowski, PhD

Kathryn Eve Lewandowski, PhD, is the director of clinical programming at McLean OnTrack TM and an associate professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She also directs the psychotic disorders rotation of the APA-approved pre-doctoral psychology internship...

Staff Profile: Christian A. Webb, PhD

Christian A. Webb, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and co-director of the Center for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research and director of the Treatment and Etiology of Depression in Youth (TEDY) Laboratory at McLean Hospital...