Walking the Labyrinth: Innovative Meditation Practice for Individuals with Co-Occurring Substance Use and Psychiatric Disorders Sarah Shea, BA Community Residential Counselor – McLean Naukeag Scientific Abstract Background: At McLean’s Addiction Treatment Center...
Validation of Wearable Electroencephalography Devices against Polysomnography Anabella Tolosa, BS Research Assistant – Massachusetts General Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Traditional laboratory sleep studies are expensive and limited in sample size....
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...
Deficient Associative and Recollection Memory Contribute to Developmental Prosopagnosia Tanvi Palsamudram, BS Candidate Research Assistant – Boston Veteran’s Administration Healthcare System Scientific Abstract Background: Though face perception deficits...
Brain Functional Segregation, Psychotic Symptoms, and Treatment Response Chenyanwen Zhu, BS Research Assistant – McLean Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Functional integration and segregation are the two guiding principles in human brain functional...
Clathrin-nanoparticles Efficiently Deliver Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor to the Hippocampus, Reverse Depression and Neuroinflammation and Increase Neurogenesis, Dendritic Length and Spine Density in HIVneuroAIDS mouse model Gordana Vitaliano, MD, PhD Faculty...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
