Massachusetts General Hospital | Psychiatry

Research Activities

Our research portfolio includes:

• The impact of mood disorders on cardiac health
• The potential benefits of psychostimulant medication as a substitute for patients undergoing anti-androgen treatment for prostate cancer
• Pessimism and attributional styles in prostate cancer
• Psychosocial care in the context of genetic testing for cancer susceptibility
• Post-traumatic stress disorder in burn patients
• The study of stress in 1-4 year olds with burns
• The development of the child stress disorders checklist for use in burned children
• The use of morphine to protect against the emergence of PTSD in burn patients
• Post-traumatic stress disorder in rehabilitation patients facing amputation
• The relationship between cerebral vascular disease and depression in patients undergoing hemodialysis versus chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, in collaboration with researchers in Japan
• The mental health sequelae of liver transplant donation, in collaboration with researchers in Japan
• The strategies parents dying from cancer, might use to reduce the suffering of their young children, through the surveying of young adults who experienced early parental loss
• Nitric oxide and the physiology of the placebo effect
• The use of depression screening by primary care doctors
• The effects of cognitive rehabilitation on regional brain function in traumatic brain injury
• The effects of motor training on regional brain function in stroke
• The utility of palmtop electronic devices for enhancing treatment compliance and outcome in brain injured patients