SUPPORT GROUPS
Alcoholics Anonymous
Tuesdays, 8 pm, Room 132, de Marneffe bldg.
Thursdays, 8 pm, Room 132, de Marneffe bldg.
Fridays, 8 pm, Room 132, de Marneffe bldg.
Saturdays, Noon, Room 132, de Marneffe bldg.
Call (617) 426-9444 for informationBoston Spectrum Kids
(www.meetup.com/BostonSpectrumKids/?gj=ej5&a=tf_3551396)Events and venues where children dealing with similar issues can meet and interact in a way that is most comfortable for them and hopefully create some long term friendships.
Cole Mental Health Consumer Resource Center
(www.coleresourcecenter.org)Fall, Winter, Spring hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 10 am - 4 pm.
Summer hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 10 am - 4 pm.
de Marneffe bldg.
Call (617) 855-3298 for informationDBSA Boston (Depression Bipolar Support Alliance of Boston)
(http://www.dbsaboston.org/)
Formerly MDDA Boston (Manic Depressive Depressive Association)Office open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 10 pm - 4 pm
Room 118-119, de Marneffe bldg.
Wednesdays, 7 pm, de Marneffe bldg.
Drop-in groups, Mondays, Thursdays, Friday and Saturday 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm, Room 118-119
de Marneffe bldg.
Call (617) 855-2795 for informationNar-Anon Family Group
Mondays, excluding holidays, 7:45 pm to 9:15 pm
Room 132, de Marneffe bldg.
Call (781) 245-6784 for informationNew England Personality Disorder Association
(www.nepda.org)Thursdays 6:00-7:30 PM (Monthly)
de Marneffe Building (cafeteria) Room 132
115 Mill St. McLean Hospital
Belmont, MA 02478
Call (617) 855-2680 for more informationObsessive Compulsive Foundation
Lecture and Support Group
First Tuesday of every month, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
de Marneffe bldg.
Call (617) 855-2252 for informationOCD Support Group - New Hampshire
Free 12 Step Support Group: Anonymous Obsessives Compulsives
Meets every Wednesday eve from 7:00-8:00 PM (except holidays, floods, snowstorms)
Elliot Behavioral Health Services (formerly known as Manchester Counseling)
445 Cypress St. Suite 8, Manchester, NH
Contact, Email only please: Docval123@aol.com or maryupholstery@yahoo.com.
This group is NOT therapy, rather, it is a self-help adjunct to therapy.
Attendees must be age 18 or over.
Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent. Attendees must either believe they have OCD or have been professionally diagnosed with OCD. (Sorry, "observers" are not permitted to attend.)
Website: health.groups.yahoo.com/ group/OCD12Step
(must have a free Yahoo ID to join)S.M.A.R.T. (Self Management And Recovery Training)
Mondays, 7:30 pm, de Marneffe cafeteria
Call (781) 891-7574 for information
Other Helpful Information
Friends of McLean
A large voluntary organization of individuals involved in educating the community about stigma. The Friends, along with the McLean Social Work Department, sponsor the annual Priscilla Aikenhead lecture. The Friends also sponsor educational lectures in the Belmont community featuring McLean staff.
Call (617) 855-2118 for information.
Continuing Education Department
The McLean Hospital Grand Rounds will be held weekly on Thursdays, from noon to 1 pm, in the deMarneffe 132 conference room on the McLean campus. The free presentations are made by well-known experts on academic, clinical or research topics in psychiatry and are open to the public. The department also offers tuition-based courses in psychiatry and neurology to health-care professionals and consumers. Continuing education credits for professionals of all disciplines are available. Registration is required.
Call (617) 855-3152 for information.
Legal Services
As part of its educational mission, the department offers the following information free of charge for its patients and families:
- "A Guide to the Rights of McLean Hospital Patients"
- "Information on Advanced Directives: health care proxies and Durable Powers of Attorney"
- "Information on Civil Commitment, Information on Guardianship, Involuntary Hospitalization"
Call (617) 855-2197 for information.
Jonathan O. Cole, MD, Mental Health Consumer Resource Center
(www.coleresourcecenter.org)The Jonathan O. Cole, MD, Mental Health Consumer Resource Center, a collaborative project of McLean Hospital and the Manic Depressive and Depressive Association of Boston (MDDA-Boston), stocks an extensive array of free resource materials on all psychiatric disorders; additional materials also are available at modest fees. Information on community mental health resources may be obtained at the center. Resource center staff also offers seminars on depression in the workplace to businesses of all sizes.
Hours: Tuesday through Thursday, 11 am - 4 pm.
Call 617-855-3298 for information.Mental Health Sciences Library
McLean's Mental Health Sciences Library offers McLean staff and patients an extensive selection of books, journals, audio and videotapes on psychiatric illness and its treatments.
Call (617) 855-2460 for information.
Pharmacy Department
The Pharmacy is committed to educating patients and their families about medication uses, side effects, interactions with foods or medications and other contra-indications. The Pharmacy ensures that print-out sheets on medications are available to unit and program staff through the hospital's computer system. Patients may access this information through the program or unit staff. The Pharmacy also publishes two useful manuals that are available from clinicians:
- "About Your Medications: A Guide for Patients"
- "About Your Food and Drug Interactions: A Guide for Patients"
Call (617) 855-2451 for information.
Public Affairs Department
The Public Affairs Department contributes to the education of patients and families by publishing and disseminating information about McLean programs and services, psychiatric illness and treatment, educational opportunities and hospital resources. The department coordinates the McLean Speakers Bureau, which provides McLean Hospital staff as speakers to local community groups, other health organizations and the media.
Call (617) 855-2110 for information.
Research
Individuals in the community may choose to participate in clinical research programs at McLean, including the development and testing of new treatment approaches and psychopharmacological agents.
Call (617) 855-2922 for information.