Directors

Nancy J. Keuthen, Ph.D.
Publications by Dr. Keuthen
Dr. Keuthen is an Associate Professor of Psychology (Psychiatry) at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Co-Founder and Co-Director of the MGH Trichotillomania Clinic & Research Unit, and Chief Psychologist in the MGH Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Clinic & Research Unit. Dr. Keuthen received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from SUNY at Stony Brook. She is internationally recognized as a leading clinician and researcher in trichotillomania. She has been instrumental in establishing awareness of, and improving treatment for this disorder. Dr. Keuthen serves on numerous editorial and advisory boards, including the Scientific Advisory Boards of the Trichotillomania Learning Center and the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation. Her clinical, research, and teaching contributions have been largely focused on the cognitive-behavioral and pharmacological treatment of OCD and OCD-spectrum disorders, including skin picking, body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), and trichotillomania. She has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters and co-authored the popular book Help for Hairpullers.

Darin D. Dougherty, M.D., M.Sc.
Publications by Dr. Dougherty
Dr. Dougherty is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Clinical Associate at Massachusetts General Hospital, Director of Medical Education at the Massachusetts General Hospital Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Institute, Co-Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Trichotillomania Clinic, Assistant Director of Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatric Neuroimaging Group, Director of the Mood Disorders Section of the Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatric Neuroimaging Group, Visiting Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and serves on the Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatric Neurosurgery Committee. He completed his residency in general psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and is a graduate of the Clinical Investigator Training Program at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Clinical/Research Staff

Maria Lynn Buttolph, M.D.
Publications by Dr. Buttolph
Dr. Buttolph has been a staff psychiatrist and member of the Obsessive Compulsive Clinic since 1988. She participated in the original clinical trials that helped to determine effective medications for the treatment of OCD. She has treated a large number of patients with OCD, as well as OCD spectrum disorders including trichotillomania. She has published numerous papers and has written a chapter about OCD and pregnancy. She is an Instructor at the Harvard Medical School and at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Susan Sprich, Ph.D.
Publications by Dr. Sprich
Dr. Sprich received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the State University of New York at Albany. She is a Clinical Assistant in Psychology at MGH and an Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School. At MGH, she is involved in clinical research in the treatment of ADHD, anxiety, mood and OC-Spectrum disorders. She also teaches interns and residents and does administrative work for the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Program. She has worked with many children and adolescents with Trichotillomania in the past 10 years. She currently sees children and adolescents in her private practice office located in Wellesley, MA.







Evelyn Stewart, M.D.
Publications by Dr. Stewart
Dr. Stewart is a staff psychiatrist at both the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Clinic and the MGH Pediatric OCD/ Tourette’s Disorder Clinic. She is Instructor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School and Director of Research at the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Institute, McLean Hospital. Dr. Stewart attended Dalhousie University School of Medicine, Canada, and completed General Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry subspecialty residency training at the University of Ottawa, Canada. She subsequently completed an OCD research fellowship at McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Stewart has published several studies on the clinical, genetic and treatment aspects of OCD and related disorders and she sits on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation. Her clinical, teaching and research efforts focus on OCD throughout the lifespan and the genetics of OCD.

Sabine Wilhelm, Ph.D.
Publications by Dr. Wilhelm
Dr. Wilhelm is the Founder and Director of the Body Dysmorphic Disorder Clinic & Research Unit, Director of the Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Program, and Director of Clinical Services at the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Wilhelm received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1995 from the University of Marburg, Germany, and completed her internship and fellowship training in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is recognized as a leading researcher in BDD and has published several studies on cognitive functioning, prevalence, and treatment outcome of the disorder. Currently, Dr. Wilhelm is principal investigator of a NIMH-funded study to develop and test a cognitive behavioral treatment for BDD, and a NIMH-funded study examining the effectiveness of cognitive therapy in the treatment of OCD. Dr. Wilhelm has published over 50 articles, reviews, and chapters. Dr. Wilhelm serves on numerous editorial and advisory boards, as well as the Scientific Advisory Board of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, the International Obsessive-Compulsive Cognitions Working Group (OCCWG), and the Tourette’s Syndrome Association National Behavioral Science Consortium. Her areas of clinical and research interest include the development, maintenance, and treatment outcome of BDD, OCD, and Tourette’s Disorder.

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Research Coordinators

Mariko Jameson graduated from MIT in 2004 with a BS in Brain and Cognitive Science. Since joining the research team at MGH, Mariko has assisted with studies involving OCD, depression, and self-injurious skin picking. She is currently working under Dr. Nancy Keuthen and Dr. Darin Dougherty on clinical and fMRI based studies. Mariko plans to attend graduate school in the fall of 2007.

Barbara Davidson