The Mass General Department of Psychiatry encompasses more than 60 specialty integrated clinical and research programs. Our wide-ranging research portfolio spans clinical and basic research covering virtually every major psychiatric disorder, as well as the psychiatric consequences of medical illness.
These initiatives have led to notable expansions in genetics, neuroimaging and basic neuroscience, and this model of cross-talk between clinical care and science has consistently led to research advances that inform and advance clinical care.
Intervening on high-risk responses during ecological momentary assessment of suicidal thoughts: Is there an effect on study data?
Bentley KH, Millner AJ, Bear A, Follet L, Fortgang RG, Zuromski KL, Kleiman EM, Coppersmith DDL, Castro-Ramirez F, Millgram Y, Haim A, Bird SA, Nock MK. Psychol Assess. 2023 Nov 2.
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder for Youth: Patient, Caregiver, and Clinician Perspectives.
Buchholz C, Bell LA, Adatia S, Bagley SM, Wilens TE, Nurani A, Hadland SE. J Adolesc Health. 2023 Oct 9:S1054-139X(23)00460-3.
Evaluating Capacity: Appelbaum’s Framework Interpreted Diagrammatically.
Bari BA, Beach SR. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2023 Oct 5:S2667-2960(23)00130-1.
Genetic, environmental, and behavioral correlates of lifetime suicide attempt: Analysis of additive and interactive effects in two cohorts of US Army soldiers.
Campbell-Sills L, Sun X, Papini S, Choi KW, He F, Kessler RC, Ursano RJ, Jain S, Stein MB. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2023 Oct;48(11):1623-1629.
Brief cognitive-behavioral treatment for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder in the context of functional dyspepsia: Study protocol for a feasibility randomized controlled trial.
Burton Murray H, Ljótsson B, Healy B, Van Oudenhove L, Williams JS, Keefer L, Lawson EA, Kuo B, Thomas JJ. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 Sep 16;134:107336.
Reattribution to Mind-Brain Processes and Recovery From Chronic Back Pain: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.
Ashar YK, Lumley MA, Perlis RH, Liston C, Gunning FM, Wager TD. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Sep 5;6(9):e2333846.
Senior Resident as Junior Supervisor: Case Report of an Apprenticeship Model for Training Psychotherapy Supervisors.
Belcher R, MacLean RL, Beach SR, Waldinger RJ. Am J Psychother. 2023 Aug 4:0.
Oxytocin response to food intake in avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder.
Aulinas A, Muhammed M, Becker KR, Asanza E, Hauser K, Stern C, Gydus J, Holmes T, Murray HB, Breithaupt L, Micali N, Misra M, Eddy KT, Thomas JJ, Lawson EA. Eur J Endocrinol. 2023 Aug 2;189(2):149-155.
Helpful for all? Examining the effects of psychotherapy treatment history on outcomes of single session, transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral interventions for university students.
Finch EF, Kleiman EM, Bentley KH, Bernstein EE. Psychol Serv. 2023 Jun 29.
Neural activation of regions involved in food reward and cognitive control in young females with anorexia nervosa and atypical anorexia nervosa versus healthy controls.
Eddy KT, Plessow F, Breithaupt L, Becker KR, Slattery M, Mancuso CJ, Izquierdo AM, Van De Water AL, Kahn DL, Dreier MJ, Ebrahimi S, Deckersbach T, Thomas JJ, Holsen LM, Misra M, Lawson EA. Transl Psychiatry. 2023 Jun 23;13(1):220.
Plasma p-tau217 predicts in vivo brain pathology and cognition in autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease.
Aguillon D, Langella S, Chen Y, Sanchez JS, Su Y, Vila-Castelar C, Vasquez D, Zetterberg H, Hansson O, Dage JL, Janelidze S, Chen K, Fox-Fuller JT, Aduen P, Martinez JE, Garcia G, Baena A, Guzman C, Johnson KA, Sperling RA, Blennow K, Reiman EM, Lopera F, Quiroz YT. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Jun;19(6):2585-2594.
Media use and vaccine resistance.
Green J, Druckman JN, Baum MA, Ognyanova K, Simonson MD, Perlis RH, Lazer D. PNAS Nexus. 2023 May 9;2(5):pgad146.
Suicidal thinking as affect regulation.
Coppersmith DDL, Millgram Y, Kleiman EM, Fortgang RG, Millner AJ, Frumkin MR, Bentley KH, Nock MK. J Psychopathol Clin Sci. 2023 May;132(4):385-395.
A 10-Year Follow-up Survey of Psychiatry Resident Education in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.
Beach SR, Ernst CL, Lavakumar M, Greenstein SP, Fipps DC, Soeprono TM, Heinrich TW, Schwartz AC. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2023 May-Jun;64(3):199-208.
Mapping the timescale of suicidal thinking.
Coppersmith DDL, Ryan O, Fortgang RG, Millner AJ, Kleiman EM, Nock MK. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Apr 25;120(17):e2215434120.
Genetic insights into the causal relationship between physical activity and cognitive functioning.
Cheval B, Darrous L, Choi KW, Klimentidis YC, Raichlen DA, Alexander GE, Cullati S, Kutalik Z, Boisgontier MP. Sci Rep. 2023 Mar 31;13(1):5310.
Mind body medicine: a modern bio-psycho-social model forty-five years after Engel.
Fricchione G. Biopsychosoc Med. 2023 Mar 30;17(1):12.
Molecular and immunological origins of catatonia.
Beach SR, Luccarelli J, Praschan N, Fusunyan M, Fricchione GL. Schizophr Res. 2023 Mar 23:S0920-9964(23)00107-X.
Examining tradeoffs between cognitive effort and relief among adults with self-injurious behavior.
Franz PJ, Fortgang RG, Millner AJ, Jaroszewski AC, Wittler EM, Alpert JE, Buckholtz JW, Nock MK. J Affect Disord. 2023 Jan 15;321:320-328.
