​The Technology and Aging Lab at McLean Hospital
The mission of our lab is to be a center of global expertise in the area of digital geriatric mental health.

Recent Publications

Two Years of COVID-19: Understanding Impact and Implications for the Mental Health of Older Adults
​Click here to read our most recent publication surrounding the impact of COVID-19 on the older adult population headed by Tech Lab coordinator Hailey Cray MPH, 2022.

​Contactless In-Home Monitoring of the Long-Term Respiratory and Behavioral Phenotypes in Older Adults With COVID-19: A Case Series
​Click here to read about the some of the work we have accomplished with our collaborators at Emerald Innovations.

Older Adults and the Mental Health Effect of COVID-19
Click here to listen to Listen to Dr. Vahia's interview with the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Click here to read the corresponding article.

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.
Virtual Reality and Mental Health in Older Adults: A Systematic Review
This publication highlights VR as a promising intervention in the care of older adults.
​Click here to read it. 

Late-Life Depression: A Role for Accelerometer Technology in Diagnosis and Management
Read our clinical case conference in The American Journal of Psychiatry here.
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Check out the Tech Lab in action!

Explore our social media and presentations pages to see more presentations and pictures!

​Technology in Psychiatry Summit, 2022 

Improving Care Through Research

​As a freestanding psychiatric hospital and the largest psychiatric affiliate of Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital provides a unique environment for optimizing treatments and providing support for a wide range of patient-centered research initiatives. The Institute for Technology in Psychiatry (ITP) brings together the leading minds in technology, science, and clinical care with a shared vision of using technology to improve mental health.
The goal of the McLean Institute for Technology in Psychiatry is to support mental health in the digital age. The Technology in Psychiatry Summit (TIPS) is targeted at an inclusive group of academics, data scientists, clinicians, technology developers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, investors, patient advocates, and health professionals who are interested in shaping the future of mental health care. It is the ITP’s mission to incorporate these technologies into research and clinical care to address the most pressing problems in mental health. 

The 2022 Summit will be held virtually from October 26 - October 28, 2022.
For more information and to register for the conference, check out the TIPS website.
Content from past summits (2017-2021) can be found on the McLean Institute for Technology in Psychiatry's YouTube channel.
Congratulations to all of our amazing researchers and colleagues who presented at the 2022 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) Conference in Orlando, Florida!
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Check out more pictures here and click here to learn more about AAGP.