Dr. Jean Frazier is Director of the Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatric Research Program at Cambridge Health Alliance. This program evaluates and studies youths with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and pervasive developmental disorders, as well as youths at risk of developing these disorders.

There are multiple research protocols underway, including investigations into phenomenology, neuroimaging, genetics, and treatment intervention. We are one of few research sites in the country committed to the inclusion of the most severely mentally ill children, particularly those with psychotic disorders. Several of our studies are multi-site efforts, with collaborative institutions across the country and around the world.

The lab comprises a multidisciplinary team of mental health clinicians and researchers, including child psychiatrists and trainees, neuropsychologists, neuroimaging physicists, research coordinators, a child and adolescent psychiatric nurse practitioner, and a developmental pharmokinetics expert. Our research program is located within the Center for Child and Adolescent Development, thus providing integrated clinical and research programs for these populations and their families.