Welcome to MGH / McLean!

We are a vibrant learning community with a strong commitment to providing quality patient care, expanding our knowledge through research and innovation, teaching and life long learning and serving our local community.

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An integrated program across two historic campuses

With training shared across the two historic campuses in downtown Boston and nearby Belmont, residents have access to unparalleled resources in a general hospital and a free-standing psychiatric hospital.


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A culture of career mentorship

Faculty of the MGH/McLean program, themselves leaders in psychiatry, thrive on fostering the careers of the residents. Pictured, from left: Scott Rauch MD, Chair, Partners Psychiatry and Mental Health and President of McLean Hospital; Felicia Smith MD, Director of Residency Training; and Jerrold Rosenbaum MD, Chief of Psychiatry at MGH.

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Building friends and colleagues for a lifetime

Current residents favorite thing about the program? Each other. It’s a common theme, and one that promotes a rewarding experience, both at work and at play.

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Fostering Research and Mentorship

Whether it’s studying the basic neuroscience of memory and emotion, testing a novel therapeutic intervention, or getting involved in mental health policy, our program is designed to help each resident navigate the system to find their future career niche, including a program tailored specifically for the psychiatrist neuroscientist.

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Resident Perspectives

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Bauer, Leah, PGY4

My name is Leah Bauer, and I’m excited to begin my PGY4 year...

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Benjamin Herbstman, PGY4

As a PGY4 resident, I am enjoying the most individualized year...

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Latest Residency News:

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$12.5 million expansion of McLean Hospital

The McLean Hospital Admissions Building was built in 1987. On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 McLean...

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DSM-5 Controversy and its Impact on Research

“NIMH will be re-orienting its research away from DSM categories,” stated NIMH director...

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Flowers and handwritten messages adorn the barricade on Boylston St., where Bostonians are honoring the victims of the recent tragedy

Healing a city's psyche

As Boston recovers from Monday's bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, mental...

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