About Susan Sprich, PhD
Susan Sprich, PhD, is the Director of Psychology Training and Clinical Director of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is also the Director of Postgraduate Psychology Education at the MGH Psychiatry Academy. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the State University of New York at Albany. She is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School. Her primary research interests are cognitive-behavioral treatment of ADHD in adults and adolescents, and cognitive-behavioral treatment of OC-Spectrum disorders in children, adolescents in adults. Clinically, she treats individuals with anxiety, ADHD, mood, and OC-Spectrum disorders. She also leads the psychology training program at Mass General.
Clinical Interests:
- Anxiety disorders
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders
- Trichotillomania
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Psychiatry: Adult Outpatient Psychiatry Services
55 Fruit St.
Wang Ambulatory Care Center
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-7792
Medical Education
- PhD, SUNY at Albany
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Evernorth Behavioral Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Behavioral Health
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
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Research
My main research focus is on ADHD in adults and children. My first study in this area examined the link between perinatal complications and ADHD. Subsequently, I found a lower rate of ADHD in adoptive relatives of children with ADHD compared to the rate of ADHD in biological relatives of children with ADHD. I was a co-investigator on an NIMH R-03, which was the first U.S. study to provide empirical support for a psychosocial treatment for ADHD in medication treated adults with residual symptoms. I was a co-investigator on an NIMH-R01 testing the efficacy of this intervention. I was also the co-PI on an NIMH R-34 grant evaluating our psychosocial treatment for ADHD in high school students. I have been an active investigator in other research projects including a research project examining the impact of D-cycloserine administration in the CBT treatment of children and adolescents with OCD (D.Geller, PI). Currently, I am involved in a grant examining CBT for Body Dysmorphic Disorder (Wilhelm, PI) and CBT for young men with Autism Spectrum Disorders (Henin, PI).
Publications
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Selected Publications:
Safren SA, Sprich S, Mimiaga MJ, Surman C, Knouse L, Groves M, Otto M (2010). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vs Relaxation with Educational Support for Medication-Treated Adults with ADHD and Persistent Symptoms; A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 304(8), 875-880.Safren SA, Perlman CA, Sprich S, Otto MW. Mastery of your adult ADHD. Client Workbook. Oxford University Press, 2005.
Safren SA, Sprich S, Perlman CA, Otto MW. Mastery of your adult ADHD, Therapist Manual. Oxford University Press, 2005.