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M IN DS CAPE SM AS S G E N E R A L D E PA RT M E N T O F P SYC H I AT RY N E W S L ET T E R F O R F R I E N D S A N D S U P P O RT E RS FA L L 2 017Louis V. Gerstner III Scholar Awards LaunchResearch Careers in Child and Adolescent PsychiatryTchief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry anddirector of the Gerstner Scholar Awards. “It’s an amazing catalystfor people starting their early research careers, and highly successfulin providing fertileground for them to“It’s an amazing catalyst for peoplefocus on one of the moststarting their early research careers . providing fertilecommon neurobehavioralground for them to focus on one of the most commondisorders, ADHD.”wo years ago, Michael Nevarez, MD—whoselifelong passion was to help youth with psychiatricillness—found himself at a crossroads in his medical career.Like most physicians whohave finished theirresidencies andfellowships, Dr. Nevarezhad amassed much debtborrowing for eight yearsof education. He wasmarried and starting afamily. Clinical work paysa salary, but researchdoesn’t—unless youget a grant.neurobehavioral disorders, ADHD.”Dr. Nevarez is one ofthree new scholars— Timothy E. Wilens, MDselected for the 20172019 class. The GerstnerScholar award will allowDr. Nevarez to decipherthe biological mechanismsbehind an identified“There are so manyassociation betweenunanswered questions,”having ADHD andsays Dr. Nevarez. “Toexperiencing poor healthapply and get funding foroutcomes in mid-lifenew, original researchand beyond. He will doideas is a dauntingso by analyzing morechallenge. You havethan 86 years of dataexcitement, energy andcollected through thedesire to explore, but notHarvard Study ofenough researchAdult Development.experience to qualifyHe is also exploringfor high-levelconnections between thegovernment grants.”Louis V. Gerstner Jr. (middle) with Gerstner Family Foundation executive director Kara Kleinbody’s inflammatoryand Gerstner Award Committee members Janet R. Wozniak, MD, Lee S. Cohen, MD,process and ADHD andIt was precisely forElizabeth R. Gerstner, MD, and Timothy E. Wilens, MDother mental healthyoung physicians ationship betweendoctorate-level faculty like Dr. Nevarez that the Louis V. Gerstner IIIadversity,inflammationandoverallhealth.Research Scholars Program was launched in 2014 through thegenerosity of the Gerstner Family Foundation, joined by otherThe other two new Gerstner Research Scholars are equally motivateddonors. Each year a committee of senior clinician-scientists selectsto study unanswered questions that will help their patients.two or three promising junior faculty to receive a Gerstner ScholarAward. These two-year awards enable recipients to dedicate 50 percent Allison S. Baker, MD, a psychiatrist in Mass General’s AmmonPinizzotto Center for Women’s Mental Health, wants to learn moreof their time to pursuing research in the field of attention deficitabout the reproductive safety of ADHD medications duringhyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and related disorders. Since thepregnancy and while breastfeeding postpartum. Many womenprogram’s inception, the research careers of ten scholars have beenchooseto discontinue or reduce the dose of their medications, butjump-started by this highly competitive award.not much is known about the impact of that decision on the“It’s been a true gift to our institution,” says Timothy E. Wilens, MD,(Continued on page 7)
From the ChiefLike the great hospital we are partof, the Department of Psychiatrypursues four missions: patient care,teaching, research and communityhealth. Mass General’s first order ofbusiness is to deliver the bestpossible care to current patientsand to be ready to do the same forthe next patient who walks throughthe door or who comes to theemergency room. Adequateinsurance payments for somemedical interventions make possible specialty care, likepsychiatry, that is less well reimbursed. So far, it hasworked out.While the hospital also provides a rich infrastructure forteaching and research, actual activities in these domainscan only be minimally funded by the hospital or by HarvardMedical School (where Mass General is its oldest andlargest teaching hospital). In the case of research, ourscientists and physician-researchers are heavily reliant onfederal funding, although under constant threat of cutback.With teaching, the training of residents, interns and fellows—the next generation of caregivers—is done through thedonated time of physicians and other clinical mentors intheir role as faculty members.Increasingly, philanthropy is helping to support thesetwo vital missions. This issue of Mindcapes highlightssignificant partnerships that are having a tremendousimpact. The Gerstner Family Foundation enables the bestand brightest graduates to begin research careers. The AbraPrentice Foundation provides stable permanent support fora senior physician-scientist. The Ryan Licht Sang BipolarFoundation seeds pilot studies to position investigators tosecure federal funding. Lee Ann Ingram and her familycontribute to the department’s endowment for long-termfinancial stability.During this season of giving, we celebrate and thank theseindividuals whose generosity is transforming the efforts ofthose who strive to advance our knowledge of psychiatricillnesses and of those who strive to relieve suffering. Wewish you and yours the joy of the holidays and a healthy,happy New Year.Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MDPsychiatrist-in-Chief,Massachusetts General HospitalStanley Cobb Professor of Psychiatry,Harvard Medical SchoolPAG E T WOAwardsAlik S. Widge, MD, PhD, facultymember of the division ofNeurotherapeutics, has received the2017 One Mind / Janssen Rising StarTranslational Research Award.Dr. Widge’s study will focus onidentifying the precise brain circuitsthat govern the inflexibility of thinkingAlik S.common among patients withWidge, MD, PhDschizophrenia, major depression orobsessive compulsive disorders, and testing whether neurostimulation of these circuits can improve mental flexibility.Joy B. Rosen, MS, vice presidentfor Behavioral Health, was awardedthe Spirit of Compassion Award at the2017 Annual Friend & Leader AwardDinner on June 19, hosted by theMassachusetts Association for MentalHealth, Inc. The award recognizes aperson who has made a significantdifference in the disabled community.Joy B. Rosen, MSRosen oversees the administration ofthe Department of Psychiatry, Benson-Henry Institute forMind Body Medicine, and Home Base Program, and worksclosely with the Center for Community Health Improvement.In MemoriamOn Sept. 22, friends and colleaguesjoined with family and loved ones tohonor the life of longtime MGHpsychiatrist, Chester M. Pierce, MD,during a special memorial celebration atHarvard University. Dr. Pierce died atthe age of 89 in September 2016.During his distinguished career hereceived many notable honors andChester M. Pierce, MDrecognitions, including being named thefirst African-American full professor at Mass General, andhaving the MGH Division of Global Psychiatry renamed theChester M. Pierce Global Psychiatry Division.The inaugural Avery D. Weisman, MDGrand Rounds Lecture in ConsultationPsychiatry took place in the hospital’sEther Dome on Nov. 16. The lecturewas held in conjunction with the annualNew England Journal of MedicineClinicopathological Conference.Dr. Weisman founded the PsychiatricConsultation Service that now bears hisAvery D.name. He was a prolific writer, mostly onWeisman, MDtopics related to the existential core ofpsychoanalysis, coping with cancer and other life-threateningillnesses, and end-of-life care. Dr. Weisman died in January2017 at the age of 103.MINDSCAPES FA L L 2 017
The Partners BiobankVast Genetic Repository Spurs Medical ResearchDepression. Bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia. Suicidal ideation.These conditions have something in common: we still don’t know theentire scale and scope of how they manifest—or how to predict them.To better help understand mental disease, Mass General is offeringpatients the opportunity to participate in the Partners HealthCareBiobank, a huge repository of genetic information designed toadvance the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease.environment and other factors that make some people more likelyor less to respond to treatment, and the biological and molecularfeatures that underlie disease.”Contributing to Medical ResearchThe goal of the decade-old program is to understand howpeople’s health is affected by their genes, lifestyle and environment.Patients at Mass General and at other Partners affiliates aretypically recruited by physicians, nurses and other providers.Patients can also enroll in the study online at biobank.partners.org.Consenting patients then undergo a one-time blood draw, andagree to have their blood sample linked to their electronic healthrecord and to be contacted in the future for research opportunitiesof interest to them.Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD, co-director, Partners Biobank“Joining the Biobank is an easybut important way to contribute to a betterfuture for mental health care.”— Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScDInformation gathered and stored in the Partners Biobank isprotected by stringent privacy safeguards based on federal laws andregulations such as the Health Insurance Portability andAccountability Act (HIPAA) and the Genetics InformationNon-Discrimination Act (GINA), which is a federal law protectinggenetic information from being used when people apply for healthinsurance or employment. Additionally, a participant’s identity isprotected by assigning a code to each sample when it is received,and the key to the code is kept separately from the person’s bloodsample and health information. If Partners researchers want toaccess any identifiable information, they must also obtain approvalfrom the Partners ethics committee (Institutional Review Board).Searching for Biomarkers“The information and samples stored within the Partners Biobankcan be used by researchers at Mass General, as well as otherPartners institutions, to make discoveries about the causes,treatment and prevention of disease,” said Jordan W. Smoller, MD,ScD, co-director of the Partners Biobank at Mass General anddirector of the Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit.“For example, we can look at DNA and other biomarkers that mayhelp predict disease or response to treatment, the interplay of genes,PAG E T H R E ESince the first patients enrolled in 2009 and with over 2,000 newpatients now being enrolled each month, researcher teams haveused the growing Biobank repository for 80 studies. In addition topsychiatric disorders, research is underway across the spectrum ofhuman disease, including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis,milk and other food allergies, brain aneurysms, inflammatory boweldisease and cardiomyopathy.“Much of this research seeks to move towards our goal of “precisionmedicine,” said Smoller. “In psychiatry, treatments have been aone-size-fits-all approach, and because we have a limitedunderstanding of many of these illnesses, treatment is often a trialand error process. The hope is that this large-scale data, coupledwith new insights, can do far better in matching individuals whoare suffering from mental illness to the best course of treatment.”Smoller believes it’s essential for those affected with psychiatricdisorders to be included in the Biobank. “Joining the Biobank is aneasy but important way to contribute to a better future for mentalhealth care,” he notes.Sharing ResultsAs of July 2017, the Partners Biobank has started returningresearch results to Biobank participants when a high risk geneticvariant, called a mutation, has been detected. This is done whenscreening tests and other preventive measures can be taken toimpact their health care. Currently, the Biobank has more than75,000 participants across Partners sites. To learn more aboutthe Partners Biobank, including how to enroll, please visitbiobank.partners.org.MINDSCAPES FA L L 2 017
Lee Ann Ingram: Longtime advocateTennessee native and philanthropistLee Ann Ingram sees beauty and courage whereothers may only see flaws. Her passionatecommitment to the cause of mental health care is fueledby this sensitive worldview. “We live in a society wherethere’s enormous pressure to appear perfect,” saidMrs. Ingram. “I have so much respect for people whohave the strength to shatter this facade, admit that theyhave a problem and seek professional help.”example. “My father instilled in me a distaste for thestatus-quo in mental health care,” said Lee Ann. “Hewas never comfortable seeing people receive inadequatetreatment and neither am I,” she added.Lee Ann’s commitment to mental health care is alsodriven by her own personal struggles as a teenager.“I went to a private school where thin was in. BeforeI knew it, I was 72-pounds and suffering from anorexia,”she recalls. “I still remember being that little girl in herroom crying out for help andhoping someone would listen.”Lee Ann believes that privateschool students represent aparticularly vulnerable slice of thepopulation that often suffersmental illness in silence.Helping StrugglingAdolescentsLee Ann IngramLifelong Interest in Mental HealthLee Ann’s life lessons in mental health advocacy beganat an early age. Her father, Connie Summers, was aprime mover of community mental health solutions inthe state of Tennessee. As a child in the early 1950s,Mr. Summers witnessed the harsh realities of mid-centuryinstitutionalization while living on the grounds of theTennessee State Mental Hospital where his father was aresident physician. Finding a more humane and effectiveway to treat mental illness became central to his life’smission, and his daughter, Lee Ann, was inspired by hisPAG E F O U RIn 2007, Lee Ann teamed withCenterstone, one of the nation’slargest community behavioralhealth care providers, to createCoaching4Teens, a free,confidential counseling programfor private school students inMiddle Tennessee. Lee Anncommented: “I told the people atCenterstone that if we preventedone teen suicide, it would all beworth it. Somewhere there’s ateenage girl crying in her room like I was. I want tomake sure that she doesn’t feel alone,” said Lee Ann.Since its inception, the Coaching4Teens Program hashelped more than 65,000 students from 373 privateschools in Middle Tennessee.Lee Ann, who lives with her husband Orrin on apicturesque farm in Franklin, Tennessee, was introducedto the work of Mass General’s Department of Psychiatryapproximately 12 years ago through a chance conversationwith Carroll Carpenter, co-founder of the MGHLeadership Council for Psychiatry. Seated next to oneMINDSCAPES FA L L 2 017
and inspired philanthropist for mental healthanother at a garden club event in Delaware, Mrs. Carpenterinitiated conversation with Lee Ann by asking her what she wasmost passionate about. Reflecting on the moment, Lee Annfound her question refreshing: “It was a beautiful way to start aconversation,” she says. “I shared with her my commitment tomental health advocacy and my work with Centerstone, and shetold me about similar work that she was doing with Mass General.It was a special moment.”Catalyzing Partnership with CenterstoneIt is no surprise that two dynamic volunteers and change-agentslike Lee Ann Ingram and Carroll Carpenter would quickly turnengaging conversation into action by exploring possiblecollaborations between Mass General and Centerstone. Upontouring Mass General and meeting with senior leaders in theDepartment of Psychiatry, Lee Ann was inspired to invest in theresearch/clinical care continuum. “My philanthropy had alwaystargeted community mental health,” said Mrs. Ingram, “and my visitto Mass General was a real eye opener. I could see the criticalfeedback loop between academic research and community-basedclinical practice.”“There are only a handful of placesin the world capable of finding cures andbetter treatments for serious mental healthconditions like major depression, schizophrenia,and addiction, and my husband Orrin andI believe Mass General is at the top of the list.We invest in the best.”— Lee Ann IngramLee Ann’s first contribution to Mass General was to catalyzea collaborative research project to identify genes that predictresponse to treatment of alcohol dependence. Her efforts gaverise to a partnership between the Mass General research team, ledby Eden Evins, MD, MPH, Cox Family Professor of Psychiatry atHarvard Medical School, and Centerstone’s robust clinical network.In the quest for genetic markers, big data is essential, so the MassGeneral-Centerstone project leveraged the strengths of bothorganizations. The goal is to improve outcomes by targetingmedication-based treatments for substance use disorders that arebased on patients’ genetic information.PAG E F I V ELee Ann’scommitment tothe Departmentof Psychiatry hasdeepened overthe years, withsupport for theCox FamilyProfessorship inPsychiatry atHarvard MedicalSchool that iscurrently held byDr. Evins. Hermost recent giftis in support ofan MGHCarroll M. Carpenter, co-founder, MGH Leadership Councilfor Psychiatry, and Lee Ann IngramEndowed Chairin Psychiatry for the Learning and Emotional Assessment Program. Theprogram, which is directed by chair incumbent Ellen Braaten, PhD,assesses children and students (ages 2-22) who have attentional andbehavioral difficulties, and provides consultation to parents, teachersand care providers.When asked why a resident of Tennessee would includean institution in Boston among her top philanthropic priorities,Lee Ann was emphatic in her response: “There are only a handful ofplaces in the world capable of finding cures and better treatments forserious mental health conditions like major depression, schizophrenia,and addiction disorders, and my husband Orrin and I believe MassGeneral is at the top of the list. We invest in the best.”When she’s not advocating on behalf of the causes she holds dear,you’ll most likely find Lee Ann Ingram at Riverview Farm inFranklin, Tennessee or Wellington, Florida working with her horses.A competitive jumper, all-around sportswoman and animal lover,Lee Ann Ingram is truly a person of heart and a person of action.WAYS TO GIVEBequests have provided vital support throughout Mass General’shistory. You too can remember the hospital in your estate plan andcreate a legacy to advance medicine. Call the Office of Planned Givingat (617) 726-2200 for more information on how toinclude Mass General in your will.MINDSCAPES FA L L 2 017
Celebrating the Abra Prentice Foundation MGH ChairDr. Marlene Freeman named inaugural incumbentMarlene P. Freeman, MD, associate director of theAmmon-Pinizzotto Center for Women’s Mental Health, washonored as the inaugural incumbent of the Abra Prentice FoundationMGH Chair in Women’s Mental Health at a celebration onOctober 5, 2017 in Mass General’s historic Ether Dome.Dr. Freeman completed medical school at NorthwesternUniversity Medical School, residency at the Harvard LongwoodPsychiatry Residency Program and a research fellowship in theBiological Psychiatry Program at the University of CincinnatiCollege of Medicine. Following five years on the faculty ofthe University of Arizona Medical School, she joined theAmmon-Pinizzotto Center faculty in 2005. Her research andclinical expertise is in the areas of mood disorders in women inrelation to pregnancy, the post-partum period and menopause.She has a particular interest in complementary and alternativemedicines as first line or ancillary treatments.From left, Maurizio Fava, MD, executive vice chair, Psychiatry;Marlene Freeman, MD; Abra Prentice Wilkin; and Lee Cohen, MD,director, Ammon-Pinizzotto CenterThe chair was made possible through the generosity of the Chicagobased Abra Prentice Foundation, and will help advance research, careand education in women’s mental health. In her remarks, Mrs. AbraPrentice Wilkin congratulated Dr. Freeman and expressed heraspirations for what the new MGH Chair will represent. “Our worldis currently in the midst of unprecedented lunacy and troubled times,”said Mrs. Wilkin. “However, it is important that we keep our headsabout us while others are losing theirs. I can’t think of a better waythan by supporting the future of sanity and the good doctors in thisroom who will lead us there.” Mrs. Wilkin is also a member of theMGH Leadership Council for Psychiatry.More than 75 colleagues, family members and Psychiatry facultyattended the program in the Ether Dome and the receptionthat followed.Abra Prentice Wilkin with Virginia Guest Valentine, vice chair (left), andCarroll M. Carpenter, co-chair, MGH Leadership Council for PsychiatryRyan Licht Sang Bipolar FoundationNeuroscience BriefingJoyce and Dusty Sang of Chicago, IL, visitedMass General on November 1, 2017 for abriefing on psychiatric neuroscience. In 2005,the Sangs established the Ryan Licht SangBipolar Foundation in memory of their sonRyan to foster awareness, understanding andresearch for early-onset bipolar disorder.Over the last decade, the foundation hassupported Mass General through grants forconferences on early onset bipolar disorderand for efforts to find an empirical, biomarkertest for the illness.Dusty and Joyce (second and third on left) with presenters Randy L. Buckner, PhD,Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD, Tracey L. Petryshen, PhD, and Roy Perlis, MD, MScPAG E S I XThe Foundation’s blackand white symbol atright, designed byJoyce Sang, representsthe opposite polesof depression andmania associated withbipolar disorder.MINDSCAPES FA L L 2 017
— Gerstner Awards(Continued from page 1)mother’s and baby’s health. With as many as one in five womensuffering with a mood or anxiety disorder during pregnancy, theimplications of Dr. Baker’s research are profound for many women,their children and families.One of the first recipients of the Gerstner Scholar Award in2014-2016 has been able to advance her own career as well asthe understanding of ADHD and substance use disorder (SUD).Amy Yule, MD, medical director of the Addiction RecoveryManagement Service at Mass General, used her award to assessthe role of ADHD and other risk factors in determining whichadolescents and young adults with substance use disorder areat risk of overdosing, one of the leading causes of death inthis age group.Dr. Yule found that those with ADHD in addition to SUD(a common combination) are not at increased risk of overdose, butthose with depression, anxiety, an eating disorder or who have hadpsychiatric hospitalizations are. Screening patients with SUD for ahistory of psychiatric illness and treating it aggressively with theirSUD could potentially prevent thousands of overdose fatalities.From left, scholars Mai Uchida, MD, Amy M. Yule, MD,Franziska Plessow, PhD; mentors A. Eden Evins, MD, MPH andAlysa E. Doyle, PhD; and scholar Benjamin G. Shapero, PhDMary Alexis Iaccarino, MD, is exploring the connection betweentraumatic brain injury, from a blast or a sports-related concussion, andADHD. While it’s known that individuals with ADHD are at higherrisk for multiple concussions and sustained cognitive problemsfollowing injury, she wants to understand why this is. By usingfunctional neuroimaging to examine the brain circuitry of youngadult athletes with a sports-related concussion, she hopes theoutcomes will yield a biomarker for the diagnosis of concussion, andevidence-based therapies for young student athletes with ADHD.As Gerstner Research Scholars, Drs. Nevarez, Baker and Iaccarinowill use the resulting data from the projects to apply for their ownfunding, toward the goal of becoming independent researchers.With her findings, soon to be published in the Journal ofClinical Psychiatry, Dr. Yule secured a prestigious four-year careerdevelopment award from the National Institute of Drug Abuse.These so-called K-level awards are the first brass ring of fundingneeded to be an independent investigator.“If not for the Gerstner Scholar Award, I don’t think I would havecontinued this research,” Dr. Yule says.This is what worries Dr. Wilens. Without the Gerstner ResearchScholars Program, he says, “I’m concerned that even some of themost talented young people will not be afforded the time andexperience they need to become researchers.”Expressing the gratitude that all Gerstner Research Scholars feel,Dr. Nevarez says, “It provides critical money, but the GerstnerAward is so much more than money. It allows you to becomesomething you’ve been working towards, and most importantlyenhances our collective understanding of and ability to improve thelives of millions of children and adults who suffer from ADHD.”Louis V. Gerstner III and the Gerstner Family FoundationThe trustees of the Gerstner Family Foundation created the Louis V. Gerstner III Research ScholarsProgram at Mass General in 2014. Named in memory of Louis III, this grant award program advancesknowledge and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by providing crucial supportto the next generation of clinician-scientists.The two-year award program reflects Louis’s interest in biomedical research, a core mission of his family’sfoundation, where he served as president up until the time of his premature passing in 2013. Louis had workedpreviously in investment baking, private equity and venture capital, and was known for his sharp intellect, caringnature, and generous spirit.The Gerstner Family Foundation was established in 1989 by his father Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., who had enjoyedextraordinary success in business and wanted to give back to society. In addition to biomedical research, thefoundation focuses on access to excellence in K-12 education, and helping people who have suffered a setback.Since its inception, the foundation has supported more than 100 young researchers at five premiere institutions,awarded over 10 million in scholarships to 900 students, and provided emergency crisis grants to 4,000 families.Louis V. Gerstner IIIAmong his many credentials, Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. was CEO and chairman of the board of IBM and is widely recognized for saving IBM in the1990s. Currently he serves as the chairman of the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard. As chairman of the Gerstner Family Foundation, he hasfollowed the program closely through annual meetings with the Gerstner Scholars, as has his daughter Elizabeth Gerstner, MD, a foundationtrustee, and a neuro-oncologist at the Mass General Cancer Center. “The program serves a very important and often unmet need to supportyoung investigators at a critical time in their careers,” said Dr. Gerstner.PAG E S E V E NMINDSCAPES FA L L 2 017
NONPROFIT ORGU.S. POSTAGEPAIDN. READING, MAPERMIT NO. 211Development Office125 Nashua Street, Suite 540Boston, MA 02114-2548MINDSCAPESDidyouknowthat ? Mass General has the largesthospital research program in theUnited States, driving breakthroughsin basic, translational and clinicalresearch, and resulting in newtreatments that transform medicalpractice and patient care globally. e hospital’s research communityThconsists of 10,000 people workingacross more than 30 departments,institutes and centers and 1.2 millionsquare feet of research space. Mass General investigators haveearned some of the most covetedscientific awards, including eightNobel Prize winners, and onewinner each for the National Medalof Science, the Breakthrough Prize,the Wolf Foundation Prize and theKyoto Prize. Last year, the Department ofPsychiatry had research expendituresof 66 million for 111 clinicaltrials and 389 other studies thatwere reported in 819 articles inpeer-reviewed medical and scientificjournals. Over the lastfive years the department hasfiled 58 patents. FA L L 2 017The Harvard MedicalSchool Guide to YogaMarlynn Wei, MD, JD andJames E. Groves, MDDa Capo Press, June 2017Are you looking for anew health practiceto enhance yourday-to-day routines?Have you beeninterested in tryingout yoga, but are toointimidated by theseemingly fancy andchallenging poses?The HarvardMedical SchoolGuide to Yoga is your guide to the true healingheart of yoga, sharing the techniques thatDrs. Marlynn Wei and James Groves haveused to tremendous success with their clients.In this simple, science-based eight-weekprogram, you’ll learn about the countlessbenefits of this proven practice, including:increased flexibility and balance, greatermuscle and bone strength, improved sleep,better stress management and resilience,strengthened immune system and enrichedbrain health and much more!Complete with illustrations, dozens of yogabreathing and meditation techniques, adaptablesequences, and principles of yoga safety,The Harvard Medical School Guide to Yogawill guide you to health and wellness.Book summary based on publisher descriptionfound at www.amazon.comMINDSCAPESFall 2017 Vol. 10, No.2CHIEF OF PSYCHIATRYJerrold F. Rosenbaum, MDEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OFDEVELOPMENTCarol W. TaylorDIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNICATIONSRobert TomshoPROJECT MANAGERAidan ParkinsonWRITINGNoah BrownEllen BarlowJon KentEDITORLauren DagneseDESIGNArch MacInnesPHOTOGRAPHYMGH Photo LabMindscapes is published forfriends and supporters of theMassachusetts General HospitalDepartment of Psychiatry.www.massgeneral.org/psychiatryIf you do not wish to receive certain orall fundraising communications fromMassachusetts General Hospital,please call our toll-free number,877.644.7733, or visitgiving.massgeneral.org/com-pref.
first African-American full professor at Mass General, and having the MGH Division of Global Psychiatry renamed the Chester M. Pierce Global Psychiatry Division. The inaugural Avery D. Weisman, MD Grand Rounds Lecture in Consultation Psychiatry took place in the hospital's Ether Dome on Nov. 16. The lecture was held in conjunction with the annual
