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.
Brain health scores to predict neurological outcomes from electronic health records.
Fernandes M, Sun H, Chemali Z, Mukerji SS, M V R Moura L, Zafar SF, Sonni A, Biffi A, Rosand J, Brandon Westover M. Int J Med Inform. 2023 Dec;180:105270.
A Pilot Study of Adjunctive Group Therapy to Enhance Coping With Cognitive Challenges and Support Cognitive Health After Electroconvulsive Therapy.
Copersino ML, DeTore NR, Piltch C, Bolton P, Henderson T, Davis VF, Eberlin ES, Kadden L, McGurk SR, Seiner SJ, Mueser KT. J ECT. 2023 Dec 1;39(4):248-254.
Anticipatory and consummatory pleasure in avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder.
Dolan SC, Kambanis PE, Stern CM, Becker KR, Breithaupt L, Gydus J, Smith S, Misra M, Micali N, Lawson EA, Eddy KT, Thomas JJ. J Eat Disord. 2023 Nov 10;11(1):198.
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.
Differences in cognitive and academic performance during the COVID-19 pandemic in child psychiatric outpatients.
Colvin MK, Koven MR, Vuijk PJ, Fleming LE, Reese KL, Cassill C, Beery CS, Braaten EB, Doyle AE. Psychol Assess. 2023 Nov;35(11):1000-1009.
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 Nov;134:107336.
Financial Hardship in Childhood Cancer Survivors Treated with Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.
Buchbinder D, Bhatt NS, Wang H, Yasui Y, Armenian S, Bhatia S, Chow EJ, Huang IC, Kirchoff AC, Leisenring W, Park ER, Yabroff KR, Armstrong GT, Nathan PC, Khera N. Transplant Cell Ther. 2023 Nov;29(11):705.e1-705.e9.
The effects of closed-loop auditory stimulation on sleep oscillatory dynamics in relation to motor procedural memory consolidation.
Baxter BS, Mylonas D, Kwok KS, Talbot CE, Patel R, Zhu L, Vangel M, Stickgold R, Manoach DS. Sleep. 2023 Oct 11;46(10):zsad206.
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.
Assessing clinician competence in the delivery of cognitive-behavioural therapy for eating disorders: development of the Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy Scale for Eating Disorders (CBTS-ED).
Beard J, Cooper Z, Masson P, Mountford VA, Murphy R, Raykos B, Tatham M, Thomas JJ, Turner HM, Wade TD, Waller G. Cogn Behav Ther. 2023 Oct 9:1-19.
Evaluating Capacity: Appelbaum’s Framework Interpreted Diagrammatically.
Bari BA, Beach SR. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2023 Oct 5:S2667-2960(23)00130-1.
GWAS Meta-Analysis of Suicide Attempt: Identification of 12 Genome-Wide Significant Loci and Implication of Genetic Risks for Specific Health Factors.
Docherty AR, Mullins N, Ashley-Koch AE, Qin X, et al. Am J Psychiatry. 2023 Oct 1;180(10):723-738.
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.
Efficacy of Transcranial Photobiomodulation on Depressive Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis.
Cho Y, Tural U, Iosifescu DV. Photobiomodul Photomed Laser Surg. 2023 Sep;41(9):460-466.
Rumination in bipolar disorder associated with brain network and behavioural measures of inhibitory executive control.
Chou T, Dougherty DD, Nierenberg AA, Ghaznavi S. Acta Neuropsychiatr. 2023 Aug 25:1-5.
Exposure of iPSC-derived human microglia to brain substrates enables the generation and manipulation of diverse transcriptional states in vitro.
Dolan MJ, Therrien M, Jereb S, Kamath T, Gazestani V, Atkeson T, Marsh SE, Goeva A, Lojek NM, Murphy S, White CM, Joung J, Liu B, Limone F, Eggan K, Hacohen N, Bernstein BE, Glass CK, Leinonen V, Blurton-Jones M, Zhang F, Epstein CB, Macosko EZ, Stevens B. Nat Immunol. 2023 Aug;24(8):1382-1390.
Evaluation, Treatment, and Referral of Treatment-Resistant Depression in Primary Care.
Chopra A, Luccarelli J, Cohen JN, Mischoulon D, Stern TA. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2023 Jul 25;25(4):22f03438.
On epilepsy and education: Challenges faced when compiling global research.
Chemali Z, Gifford A, Sarkis RA. Epilepsy Behav. 2023 Jul;144:109263.
DGBI overlap: a model for a transdiagnostic approach?
Atkins M, Murray HB. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Jul;8(7):596-597.
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.
Body image and Black African women: A comparative study of Kenya and Nigeria.
Balogun-Mwangi O, Robinson-Wood TL, DeTore NR, Edwards George JB, Rodgers RF, Sanchez W. Body Image. 2023 Jun;45:331-342.
Breaking the Disability Spiral: A Case Series Report Illustrating the Delivery of a Brief Skills Based Coaching Intervention to Prevent Chronic Dysfunction and Pain After Orthopedic Injury.
Duarte BA, Mace RA, Doorley JD, Penn TM, Bakhshaie J, Vranceanu AM. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2023 May 30.
Emergence of division of labor in tissues through cell interactions and spatial cues.
Adler M, Moriel N, Goeva A, Avraham-Davidi I, Mages S, Adams TS, Kaminski N, Macosko EZ, Regev A, Medzhitov R, Nitzan M. Cell Rep. 2023 May 30;42(5):112412.
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.
History of trying exclusion diets and association with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder in neurogastroenterology patients: A retrospective chart review.
Atkins M, Zar-Kessler C, Madva EN, Staller K, Eddy KT, Thomas JJ, Kuo B, Burton Murray H. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2023 Mar;35(3):e14513.
Development of a brief cognitive-behavioral treatment for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder in the context of disorders of gut-brain interaction: Initial feasibility, acceptability, and clinical outcomes.
Burton Murray H, Weeks I, Becker KR, Ljótsson B, Madva EN, Eddy KT, Staller K, Kuo B, Thomas JJ. Int J Eat Disord. 2023 Mar;56(3):616-627.
“We don’t get a chance to prove who we really are”: A qualitative inquiry of workplace prejudice and discrimination among Black adults with serious mental illness.
Balogun-Mwangi O, DeTore NR, Russinova Z. Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2023 Mar;46(1):4-13.
A retrospective data analysis of psychiatric cases in Hargeisa, Somaliland between 2019 and 2020.
Abdulrahman H, Bousleiman S, Mumin M, Caqli I, Hijaz BA, Gelaye B, Fricchione G, Chemali Z. S Afr J Psychiatr. 2023 Feb 27;29:1946.
Increased resting-state thalamocortical functional connectivity in children and young adults with autism spectrum disorder.
Baran B, Nguyen QTH, Mylonas D, Santangelo SL, Manoach DS. Autism Res. 2023 Feb;16(2):271-279.
Failure to consolidate statistical learning in developmental dyslexia.
Ballan R, Durrant SJ, Manoach DS, Gabay Y. Psychon Bull Rev. 2023 Feb;30(1):160-173.
