From Crisis to Community: Transforming High-Risk Psychiatric Care Beyond Hospital Walls with Matthew Bernstein, M.D.

About this episode

Dr. Matt Bernstein discusses transforming high-risk psychiatric care by treating patients in their communities.

After eight years at McLean Hospital's acute unit, Dr. Matt Bernstein chose to treat high-risk psychiatric patients in their communities rather than behind hospital walls. Through his work at Ellenhorn and the innovative Accord Metabolic Psychiatry Program, he demonstrates how combining measurement-based care, metabolic approaches, and meaningful social connection can transform outcomes for complex cases—challenging traditional assumptions about risk and recovery in psychiatry.

People in this episode

Guest: Matthew Bernstein, M.D.

Topics covered

• high-risk psychiatric care
• community treatment
• measurement-based care
• metabolic approaches
• social connection
• psychiatry

Keywords

• psychiatry
• high-risk patients
• community care
• metabolic psychiatry
• social connection
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: McLean Hospital, Ellenhorn, Accord Metabolic Psychiatry Program

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