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Could Loneliness Be a Sign of Alzheimer's?
Previous research has suggested loneliness may be associated with Alzheimer's disease among older adults. A new study supports this link, after identifying a marker of early Alzheimer's in the brains of seniors with greater self-reported loneliness. Read...

Neurocognitive Deficits May Be a Red Flag for Psychosis
BOSTON – While schizophrenia is best known for episodes of psychosis – a break with reality during which an individual may experience delusions and hallucinations – it is also marked by chronic neurocognitive deficits, such as problems with memory and...

A New Angle on Anxiety
BOSTON – Clinical anxiety affects up to 30 percent of Americans who are in great need of better treatments with fewer side effects. A study from Boston Children’s Hospital, published September 6 by the journal Molecular Psychiatry, finds that certain...

Overcoming the Stigma of Addiction
Twenty-three million people in the United States struggle with substance use disorders. The prevalence of these disorders and their wide-ranging effects has made them the number one public health concern in the country—unintentional overdose is the...

Marijuana and the Teen Brain
With Election Day right around the corner, the legal landscape for marijuana in the United States is poised to change yet again. Marijuana is currently legal for recreational use in four states and for medicinal use in 25 states (plus the District of...

New Study Targets Role of Specific Neurons in Fear Behaviors
In a recently published paper, Kerry J. Ressler, MD, PhD, chief scientific officer for McLean Hospital and professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and Kenneth M. McCullough describe their novel method for evaluating how a specific group of...

Study Examines Medical Marijuana and the Brain (High Times)
New Medical Marijuana Study on Executive Functioning Lauded as First of its Kind Dr. Staci Gruber’s study suggest that medical marijuana may not impair, and in many cases, may actually improve executive functioning in adults.

Harvard Medical School Honors CHA Psychiatrist with Diversity Award
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Marshall Forstein, MD, interim chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) and an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS), was named a recipient of the 2016 Harold Amos Faculty...

2016 HMS Faculty Research Awards
The Executive Committee of the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, would like to acknowledge and congratulate the trainees and faculty who received the following HMS Psychiatry Research Awards and Fellowships during the 2016 academic year...