Nicotine Cessation Pharmacotherapy Algorithm Afrah Mohammad, MD Resident – Harvard South Shore Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program Scientific Abstract Background: The aim of the Psychopharmacology Algorithm Project at Harvard South Shore is to develop...
Identifying Women with Post-Delivery Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder using Natural Language Processing of Personal Childbirth Narratives Kathleen Jagodnik, PhD Fellow – Massachusetts General Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Maternal mental disorders are a...
Clinical Outcomes in patients with major depressive disorder treated with transcranial magnetic stimulation at Massachusetts General Hospital Sahand Babapoor-Farrokhran, MD, PhD Fellow – Massachusetts General Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Transcranial...
Let’s Make It Fun: Teaching Clinical Neuroscience to First Year Psychiatry Residents Yelu Zhang, MD Resident – BIDMC Harvard Psychiatry Residency Training Program Scientific Abstract Background: Rapid advancements in the field of neuroscience have not been...
Impact of major depressive disorder and sex on the structure of the hypothalamus: a preliminary MRI study Tekla Wolstein, International Medical Student Medical Student – Brigham and Women’s Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Emotion regulation...
Profiles of Parent Ratings on the Behavior Assessment System for Children-Third Edition (BASC-3 PRS) in Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder Emily Taketa, BS Medical Student – Boston Children’s Hospital...
Perspectives on Senior Teaching Resident on Inpatient Psychiatry Rotations: A Pilot Study Carsen Sulzer, MD Resident – Harvard South Shore Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program Scientific Abstract Background: Several studies have demonstrated a high level...
Childhood Maltreatment and Obesity Risk: Initial Evidence for Sensitive Periods Rabia Shahid, MBBS Research Trainee – McLean Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Although, not treated as one, obesity in the United States is a serious public health hazard,...
Suicidality in Psychosis Spectrum Disorders: A Sex-Specific Analysis of Clinical Risk Factors and Neuroimaging Findings Melanie Nisenson, MS Medical Student and Research Assistant – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Scientific Abstract Background: Suicide is...
Measurement-Based Care in Treatment for Psychosis: A preliminary study proposal Heather Muir, MS Clinical Psychology Intern – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Scientific Abstract Background: Evidence suggests that mental health providers often overestimate...
Biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of alcohol use disorder David Martinez Garza, MD Fellow – Massachusetts General Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Alcohol-related morbidity is dose-dependent. Self-reports of consumption are limited by...
Fine Motor Skills in Pediatric Frontal Lobe Epilepsy are Associated with Executive Dysfunction and ADHD Symptomatology Moshe Maiman, PhD Fellow – Boston Children’s Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Children with frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) have...
Impact of Lifetime Polysubstance Use on Clinical, Cognitive and Neuroimaging Measures in Individuals on the Psychosis Spectrum Marlynn Lopez, MS Medical Student and Research Assistant – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Scientific Abstract...
Perceived Discrimination Impacts on Mental Health in Racially/Ethnically Diverse Youth Anisha Lewis, BA Medical Student – McLean Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Racism is defined as a social system in which the dominant racial group uses its power to...
Association of Everyday Discrimination with Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation During the Covid-19 Pandemic in the All of Us Research Program Young Lee, PhD Fellow – Massachusetts General Hospital Scientific Abstract Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic...
Neural Efficiency & Dual-Task Walking Performance in Older Adult Musicians Sydney Jacobs, PhD Fellow – Boston Children’s Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Music making is linked to improved cognition and related neuroanatomical changes in...
Autistic Traits and Brain Structure in Children from the ABCD Study Anuradha Haridhas, BA Medical Student – Brigham and Women’s Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: There is increasing evidence that alterations in brain morphology associated with...
Responding to suicide in the school context: A critical review of the evidence-base for postvention guidelines Jessica Haddad, MD Resident – BWH/HMS Psychiatry Residency Training Program Scientific Abstract Background: When a suicide occurs in a contained...
Examining the effects of perceived gender and race-based discrimination on executive function and depression symptoms in emerging adulthood Amber Graham, PhD Fellow – Boston Children’s Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Discrimination is a potential...
PTSD severity as a predictor of treatment outcomes in a partial hospital program Kaitlyn Gorman, MA Clinical Psychology Intern – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and McLean Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Lifetime trauma exposure is extremely...
Emotional distress and protective positive psychology factors after cardiac arrest Alexander Presciutti, MA, MS Clinical Psychology Intern – Massachusetts General Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Emotional distress post-cardiac arrest (CA) is common and...
Effect of Diagnostic Method on Racial Disparities in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Diagnosis Using the NACC Database Jennifer Nosker, PhD Fellow – Massachusetts General Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Studies have shown that Black individuals...
What’s Withdrawal Got To Do With It?: An Examination of Functional Communication Problems Contributing to Withdrawal in Pediatric Patients with Epilepsy Szimonetta Mulati, PhD Fellow – Boston Children’s Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Children...
A Randomized Pilot Trial of a Multicomponent Interactive Text Message Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in Midlife Adults: MASTERY Methods Joyce Meza-Venegas, MD Fellow – Massachusetts General Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Physical activity...
Improving IV Ketamine Consent Practices for Mental Health Care at VA Boston Scott Lee, MD Resident – Harvard South Shore Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program Scientific Abstract Background: IV Ketamine Infusion Therapy for treatment resistant depression...
Modern problems require modern solutions: Catfishing, podcasts, and updating the psychiatric evaluation Annabel Kuhn, MD Resident – Harvard South Shore Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program Scientific Abstract Background/Introduction: A “Catfish” is...
Annotation of Trauma-related Linguistic Features in Psychiatric Electronic Health Records for Machine Learning Applications Eben Holderness, MS Doctoral Student and Research Scientist – McLean Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: This study aims to identify...
Development and Testing of an Adaptive Text Message Intervention to Promote Psychological Well-Being and Reduce Cardiac Risk: the Text4Health Controlled Clinical Pilot Trial Pia Maria Ghanime, MD Fellow – Massachusetts General Hospital Scientific Abstract...
Health-Related Quality of Life in Pre-Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D): Differences between Sociodemographic Groups Sahar Eshtehardi, MS Clinical Psychology Intern – Boston Children’s Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Health-related quality of...
The Relationship Between Family Dysfunction and Suicidality in Adolescents Hospitalized at an Acute Residential Program Sarah Austin, BA, and Victoria Ross, BA Post-Baccalaureate Fellows – McLean Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Although teenage years...
Establishing Cut-off Scores for Embedded Performance Validity Measures among Collegiate Athletes Jonathan Chua, PhD Fellow – Cambridge Health Alliance Scientific Abstract Background: Collegiate athletes undergo baseline as well as follow-up neuropsychological...
Neural biomarkers of mindfulness-induced behavior change in primary care patients with anxiety and depression Michael Datko, PhD Fellow – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,Cambridge Health Alliance,Massachusetts General Hospital Scientific Abstract...
Assessing Patient-Reported Depressive Symptomatology in Adults: Validity of the 0 to 10 Numeric Rating Scale in Clinical Practice Kiefer Cowie, MA Clinical Psychology Intern – Brigham and Women’s Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Depression is a...
Brain encoding of controllability and its relation to perceived stress Rotem Dan, PhD Fellow – McLean Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: The perception of control has been strongly related to mental health, with a protective effect of control against...
Continuing Bonds in Adult Sibling Bereavement Jonathan Chua, PhD Fellow – Cambridge Health Alliance Scientific Abstract Background: Bereaved siblings experience profound loss which often is exacerbated by their intricate and intimate siblingship. Present...
