Memory and motivation in the early course of psychosis Rachel Hechinger, BA Research Asisstant – McLean Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Individuals with psychotic disorders experience cognitive impairments linked to negative symptoms and poor community...
Agreement Between Self-Reported and Clinician-Reported Symptom Severity in First Episode Psychosis Outpatient Setting Jacqueline Dow, MPH Research Assistant – McLean Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: The symptoms associated with psychotic disorders often...
Growth Trajectories in Stimulant-Treated Children Ages 6 to 12: An Electronic Medical Record Analysis. Chloe Hutt Vater, BA Research Assistant – Massachusetts General Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: While treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity...
Uptake of Measurement-Based Care (MBC) in the First 6 Months of Implementation at Three Pilot Sites in a Safety Net Psychiatry Outpatient Department Margaret Lanca, PhD Faculty – Cambridge Health Alliance Scientific Abstract Background: Little is known about...
Agreement between Clinical Diagnoses, Informant-, and Self-rated Social Responsiveness Scale Measures in an Autism Specialty Clinic Priyanka Mistry, BS Candidate Research Assistant – Massachusetts General Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Autism spectrum...
Findings from a pilot open-label trial of N-acetylcysteine for the treatment of pediatric mania and hypomania Hannah O’Connor, BS Research Assistant – Massachusetts General Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Pediatric bipolar disorder is a highly...
Whole-brain Effective Connectivity during Social Reward and Punishment Reinforcement Learning in healthy controls Hamei Yu, BS Clinical Research Intern – McLean Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Reinforcement learning is the ability to learn about rewards...
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...
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...
Predicting Long-Term Morbidity in Major Affective, Schizoaffective and Nonaffective Disorders following Hospitalization in First Psychotic Episodes Paola Salvatore, MD Research Associate – McLean Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Studies following...
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...
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...
Supporting Treatment Access and Recovery for Co-occurring Opioid Use and Mental Health Disorders (STAR-COD) Gerardo Gonzalez-Haddad, MD Faculty – McLean Hospital Scientific Abstract Background: Results are mixed for adding single component psychosocial...
Decoding Complexities of the Psychosis Spectrum: A Machine Learning Approach to Disentangle the Contributions of Exposome, Genetics, Neurobiology, Cognition, and Personality Walid Yassine, PhD Faculty – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and McLean Hospital...
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...
Childhood Maltreatment versus other Serious Childhood Life Events (SCLEs), as risk factors for substance use disorders and other psychopathologies: A Comparative Analysis Aliyeh Mahdavi Adeli, MD Person of Interest – McLean Hospital Scientific Abstract...
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...
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...
Childhood Maltreatment and ADHD: Evidence for Two Distinct Maltreatment-Associated Ecophenotypes Poopak Hafezi, MD Resident – Harvard South Shore Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program Scientific Abstract Background: We have proposed that maltreated and...
