The Technology & Aging Lab at
McLean Hospital
McLean Hospital
The Technology & Aging Lab at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School studies how digital tools can impact the psychiatric care of older adults. Our lab is currently investigating digital diagnosis, tech-enhanced therapeutic approaches, and the implementation and integration of technology into the process of patient care. Our global collaborations span both academia and industry and our current work includes digital phenotyping, health, digitally-guided treatment decision making, and the ethics of technology in psychiatry.
The mission of our lab is to be a harbor of global expertise in the area of digital geriatric mental health.
The mission of our lab is to be a harbor of global expertise in the area of digital geriatric mental health.
COVID-19
With the COVID-19 pandemic placing digital tools at the forefront, our lab is actively involved in clinical initiatives, data collection, and research around monitoring clinical status remotely and minimizing direct contact between patients, caregivers, and providers.
Dr. Vahia has been appointed as special editor for COVID-19 for the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Click here for AJGP articles specific to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Listen to Dr. Vahia's interview with Dr. Howard Bauchner about COVID-19 and its effects on older adult mental health on JN Learning, a JAMA Network podcast.
For more information on our lab's work related to COVID-19, contact Miranda Skurla at mskurla@mclean.harvard.edu.
Dr. Vahia has been appointed as special editor for COVID-19 for the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Click here for AJGP articles specific to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Listen to Dr. Vahia's interview with Dr. Howard Bauchner about COVID-19 and its effects on older adult mental health on JN Learning, a JAMA Network podcast.
For more information on our lab's work related to COVID-19, contact Miranda Skurla at mskurla@mclean.harvard.edu.
Relevant Recent Publications
Older Adults and the Mental Health Effects of COVID-19
Click here to read Dr. Vahia's JAMA Viewpoint on the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19, Mental Health and Aging: A Need for New Knowledge to Bridge Science and Service
Click here to read Dr. Vahia's recently published editorial in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Sensing Technology to Monitor Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms and to Assess Treatment Response in People with Dementia. A Systematic Review
This publication was a product of a collaboration between our lab and colleagues at the University of Bergen in Norway. Click here to read it.
Technology in the Assessment, Treatment, and Management of Depression
Our lab was invited to contribute to a special edition of the Harvard Review of Psychiatry. Read our perspective here.
Late-Life Depression: A Role for Accelerometer Technology in Diagnosis and Management
Read our clinical case conference in The American Journal of Psychiatry here.
Click here to read Dr. Vahia's JAMA Viewpoint on the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19, Mental Health and Aging: A Need for New Knowledge to Bridge Science and Service
Click here to read Dr. Vahia's recently published editorial in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Sensing Technology to Monitor Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms and to Assess Treatment Response in People with Dementia. A Systematic Review
This publication was a product of a collaboration between our lab and colleagues at the University of Bergen in Norway. Click here to read it.
Technology in the Assessment, Treatment, and Management of Depression
Our lab was invited to contribute to a special edition of the Harvard Review of Psychiatry. Read our perspective here.
Late-Life Depression: A Role for Accelerometer Technology in Diagnosis and Management
Read our clinical case conference in The American Journal of Psychiatry here.
Molecules to Mobile Phones: From Crisis to Opportunity
McLean Hospital's Technology in Psychiatry Summit (TIPS) was held virtually on October 28-30. This year's theme focused on the translational gap between findings in basic neuroscience and scalable and applied digital technologies.
For more information, check out the TIPS website.
For more information, check out the TIPS website.
Content from past summits (2017-2019) can be found on the McLean Institute for Technology in Psychiatry's YouTube channel.
Stay tuned for content from this year's summit, coming soon.
Stay tuned for content from this year's summit, coming soon.
