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

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.