Maren Nyer, Ph.D.


Non-MD Cln Inves, Asst Prf (M)
DCRP Faculty, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Psychologist
Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
PhD University of Virginia 2010
anxiety; coherent breathing; college students; depression; depressive disorder; hypoglycemia; major depressive disorder; parent-child relations; psychotic disorders; schizophrenia; schizophrenic psychology; sleep disturbance; students; suicidal ideation; yoga Dr. Maren Nyer is the Director of Yoga Studies and the Associate Director of the Research Coordinator Program at the Depression Clinical and Research Program (DCRP), Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). She is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Her research interests include the treatment of mood disorders and associated symptoms, specifically developing and evaluating innovative and complementary and integrative treatments for depression. She completed her pre-doctoral psychology internship at MGH/HMS. After that, she worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the DCRP, until obtaining a staff position in September, 2012. She holds a BA in Psychology from Cornell University and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Virginia.