Sabine Wilhelm, Ph.D., is the Donovan-Chien Family Endowed Professor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School, Chief, Division of Psychology at Mass General Brigham (MGB), Director of the Center for Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders (CORD) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and Director of the Center for Digital Mental Health in Psychiatry at MGH.
Dr. Wilhelm is recognized as a leading researcher in psychotherapy. To address the increasing rates of mental health concerns in the context of a global mental health service provider shortage, her recent work has focused on the development of scalable digital approaches to treatment. She has published over 370 papers and chapters, as well as nine books. She has also given around 300 lectures on advances in psychotherapy, including many invited international keynotes. Dr. Wilhelm has developed many digital psychotherapy training programs for mental health service providers and has led patient care outreach to support individuals locally, nationally, and internationally.
She has mentored more than 50 junior investigators in the field. Her research uses cutting-edge technology to improve and personalize care for mental health concerns. Dr. Wilhelm has developed or is currently testing smartphone-based treatments for depression, suicidality, OCD, and body dysmorphic disorder. She is currently working on AI and other cutting-edge approaches to enhance the detection of high-risk behaviors and suicidality, as well as machine learning algorithms to match patients with treatments, and generative AI to support more personalized and effective interventions. Her ultimate goal is to utilize technology-based interventions to enhance global access to high-quality mental health interventions.
Dr. Wilhelm has been the principal investigator or site principal investigator of many NIMH- and foundation-funded clinical research grants investigating medication, cognitive-behavioral therapy, digital services, and other treatments for a range of psychiatric disorders in children and adults. She has received numerous awards for her work, including the distinguished Aaron T. Beck Award from the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies. She was also awarded the Peter K. Ranney Innovation Award from the World Medical Innovation Forum, and she is the recipient of the 2023 NAMI Scientific Research Award.
Dr. Wilhelm holds or has held many national and international leadership positions in psychology and digital mental health, including past president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT); she is on the Scientific Advisory Board for One-Mind (PsyberGuide), Koa Health, Inc., Noom, Inc., and Jimini Health, chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the International OCD Foundation, and founding board member for the new Society for Digital Mental Health (SDMH).
Dr. Wilhelm is recognized nationally and internationally as a researcher, educator, and clinician who has significantly contributed to the global understanding of and approaches for developing and testing cognitive behavioral treatments for various psychiatric disorders.
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Selected publications:
Peterson TJ, Sprich S, Wilhelm S (Eds.), The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Springer. (2023).
Peterson TJ, Sprich S, Wilhelm S (Eds.), The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Springer. (2016).
Wilhelm S, Phillips KA, Steketee G. A cognitive behavioral treatment manual for body dysmorphic disorder. New York, Guilford Press (2013).
Woods D, Piacentini J, Chang S, Deckersbach T, Ginsburg G, Peterson A, Scahill L,Walkup J, Wilhelm S. Managing tourette syndrome: A behavioral intervention for children and adults: Therapist guide (Treatments that work). New York, NY: Oxford University Press (2008).
Woods D, Piacentini J, Chang S, Deckersbach T, Ginsburg G, Peterson A, Scahill L,Walkup J, Wilhelm S. Managing tourette syndrome: A behavioral intervention parent workbook (Treatments that work). New York, NY: Oxford University Press (2008).
Woods D, Piacentini J, Chang S, Deckersbach T, Ginsburg G, Peterson A, Scahill L, Walkup J, Wilhelm S. Managing tourette syndrome: A behavioral intervention adult workbook (Treatments that work). New York, NY: Oxford University Press (2008).
Wilhelm S, Steketee G. Cognitive therapy for obsessive compulsive disorder: A guide for professionals. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Press (2006).
Wilhelm S. Feeling good about the way you look: A program for overcoming body image problems. New York, NY: Guilford Press (2006).
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