Alex McDonald

This groundbreaking endeavor equips healthcare providers and yoga professionals with comprehensive toolkits encompassing integrated holistic yoga practices, empowering people on their journey toward healing, resilience, and thriving. YogaX, is the outgrowth of decades of therapeutic yoga work by Dr. Christiane Brems, is a Special Initiative of the Chair that is designed to integrate therapeutic yoga into healthcare.

The Stanford Neurodiversity Summit serves as a hybrid forum for open dialogue and the exchange of ideas concerning neurodiversity. This inclusive gathering brings together neurodiverse individuals, their families, educators, clinicians, researchers, employers, service agencies, and other key stakeholders. The 2024 summit will be guided by the theme 'Putting Strengths-Based Approaches in Action,' with a focus on harnessing the unique strengths and talents of neurodiverse individuals in all areas of life.

CIRCLE at Stanford Psychiatry is a research and action initiative devoted to the advancement of Community-minded Interventions for Resilience, Climate Leadership, and Emotional well-being. We envision a world in which community members, clinicians, and other mental health professionals understand and feel capable of helping to solve the growing mental health crisis within the climate crisis. 

The Mental Health Technology and Innovation Hub (the “Tech Hub”) is a collaborative initiative within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, fosters interdisciplinary exploration at the intersection of mental health, innovation, and technology. We bring together clinicians, researchers, educators, trainees, faculty, and staff to drive meaningful change.

Early Life Stress and Resilience Program (ELSRP). Using neuroscience tools helps us improve outcomes related to stress and trauma exposure in childhood, as well as patient responses to individual- and systems-level interventions. ELSRP's current research projects aim to develop and evaluate Cue-Centered Therapy Programs.