Founded in 1811, McLean Hospital is the flagship psychiatric hospital of Harvard Medical School and Mass General Brigham, Boston’s leading health care system. As a world leader in mental health care, research and education, US News and World Report has named McLean the number one free standing psychiatric hospital for fifteen consecutive years. McLean’s primary campus is located in Belmont, Massachusetts with additional locations in Middleborough, Princeton, Lincoln, Cambridge, Brighton, Ashburnham, Waltham and Camden, Maine.
McLean is dedicated to delivering compassionate, specialized and individualized treatment provided by leading experts in the mental health field. In addition to offering state-of-the-art diagnosis and clinical services for a wide range of behavioral and psychiatric illnesses, McLean also maintains the largest neuroscience and psychiatry research program of any private psychiatric hospital in the United States.
Clinical services include a full continuum of care and staff work with patients, families and healthcare providers to ensure seamless transitions spanning the levels of care at McLean, across the country and around the world.
McLean’s structure highlights seven Divisions which integrate clinical care, research and educational activities:
- Division of Psychotic Disorders offers a comprehensive range of services for patients who live with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or other sever forms of mental illness.
- Division of Depression and Anxiety Disorders offers a full range of services to help individuals living with mood-related disorders.
- Division of Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction provides comprehensive support for individuals who want to reduce chemical dependency and regain control of their lives.
- Simches Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry offers a full complement of services to help young people and their families cope with psychiatric illness and the challenges it often brings.
- Division of Geriatric Psychiatry provides comprehensive diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care for individuals ages 50 and older who are experiencing emotional, cognitive or behavioral symptoms.
- Division of Women’s Mental Health provides specialized care for psychiatric conditions such as borderline personality disorder, eating disorders and trauma, among others, with particular attention to the unique risk factors, needs and experiences of girls and women.
- Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport Center of Excellence in Basic Neuroscience includes more than 400 investigators conducting novel research toward achieving prevention and cures for a wide array of behavioral and psychiatric illnesses.