Researcher Explores the Sleep-Anxiety Connection...
A Massachusetts General Hospital researcher says that sometimes sleep problems begin before a person develops severe anxiety symptoms.
J. Stuart Ablon, PhD, Honored with Endowed Chair...
J. Stuart Ablon, PhD, was named the inaugural incumbent of the Thomas G. Stemberg Endowed Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
How to Cope with Generalized Anxiety Disorder...
Psychologist Ellen Braaten, PhD, from Mass General’s Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, offers parents advice on how to both recognize generalized anxiety disorder in their children and seek the best treatment.
Mass Shootings: How to Talk to Your Children...
A Mass General expert in child and adolescent psychiatry offers advice on how parents and caregivers can help their kids make some sense of mass shootings and put such tragedies into perspective.
Eating Disorders Expert Hopeful for Patients’ Recovery...
The co-director of Mass General’s Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program says recovery is possible for people struggling with anorexia, even after many years.
Center for Bipolar Disorder Has Global Reach...
The Dauten Family Center for Bipolar Treatment Innovation at Mass General seeks to advance treatment by creating a global epicenter for research, education and outreach.
Meditation Can Help Reduce Stress and Anxiety...
Brain imaging data shows that regularly practicing meditation can reduce activity in the part of the brain involved with stress and anxiety in as little as eight weeks.
ADHD Care May Reduce Substance Use Disorder...
A Mass General researcher finds that the earlier children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) receive treatment, the less likely they are to use marijuana or develop a substance use disorder.
Researcher Studies Dementia-Mental Illness Links...
Jennifer Gatchel MD, PhD, a Mass General researcher, is investigating the connections between mental illness and cognitive decline in aging populations.
Cocoanut Grove Fire Spurred Burn Care Innovation...
Seventy-five years ago, the largest nightclub fire in U.S. history became a milestone in modern medicine as Mass General doctors pioneered the treatment of burns and studied grief.