Posts by Joan A. Camprodon, MD, PhD
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Redefining the Field of Neuropsychiatry through Neuromodulation of Brain Circuitry
Translational research and a fellowship in neuropsychiatry and neuromodulation at Massachusetts General Hospital focus on brain circuit anatomy in neuropsychiatric disorders.
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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Improves Cognitive Control in Adults with ADHD
Transcranial direct current stimulation targeting the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex improves the ability of adults with ADHD to resist distractors, according to a randomized, controlled study by Laura Dubreuil-Vall, PhD, and Joan A. Camprodon, MD, MPH, PhD, of the Department of Psychiatry, and colleagues.
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Artificial Intelligence Identifies Adults with ADHD Using EEG Features
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have created a deep learning convolutional neural network capable of discriminating adult ADHD patients from healthy controls.
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Improving Depressive Symptoms and Neuromodulation Technology
Joan A. Camprodon, MD, PhD, is chief of Mass General's Division of Neuropsychiatry, director of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Clinical Service and director of the Laboratory for Neuropsychiatry & Neuromodulation. In this video, he discusses creating individualized treatments using TMS for patients with depression and using TMS to reduce suicide risk in other patients. He also discusses the use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as a precognitive therapy to improve executive function in patients across the neurological and psychiatric spectrum.
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Translation, Discovery and Collaboration in Psychiatry
Researchers from the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital discuss their collaborative work in clinical and translational research.
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AI–IPL Functional Connectivity Identified as Potential Biomarker of Bipolar Disorder
A key quest in psychiatric research is the search for objective ways to diagnose major mental illnesses. Mass General researchers are exploring whether functional MRI can be used to distinguish between bipolar disorder and unipolar depression.
Biography
Dr. Camprodon is the director of the Division of Neuropsychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Clinically, he is the founding director of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) clinical service, a member of the Psychiatric Neurosurgery Committee and an attending physician in the Departments of Psychiatry (Neuropsychiatry) and Neurology (Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology). He is board-certified in Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurology-Neuropsychiatry.
Scientifically, he directs the Laboratory for Neuropsychiatry and Neuromodulation. His research uses multimodal combinations of neuroimaging and brain stimulation to investigate neural circuitry and plasticity in a translational manner. His laboratory works with a wide range of noninvasive and invasive neuromodulation techniques including transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and deep brain stimulation (DBS) among others. He also uses functional and structural MRI, EEG and innovative simultaneous combinations of TMS and tDCS with neuroimaging.
Dr. Camprodon is interested in understanding basic circuit properties of human neural networks and how maladaptive plastic changes lead to neuropsychiatric disorders. Critical efforts are geared towards applying the paradigms and methods of basic systems neuroscience to develop high-impact clinical tools, identify targets for therapeutic action and design individualized image-guided neuromodulation treatments.
