Dr. Brittany Gouse’s MD MPH is the Assistant Director of Boston Medical Center (BMC)'s specialty psychosis clinic, the Wellness and Recovery After Psychosis (WRAP) program, and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University (BU) Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. She completed a joint MD/MPH degree through the SUNY Upstate Medical University/Syracuse University and her residency in adult psychiatry and fellowship in Public Psychiatry at BU/BMC. Her fellowship focus was on the care of individuals living with schizophrenia and other forms of psychotic illness. Clinically she sees patients in WRAP program and specializes in clozapine and long-acting injectable antipsychotic treatment.
Dr. Gouse's clinical and research focus is on schizophrenia. She is a psychiatric epidemiologist whose research broadly focuses on modifiable factors that drive the 15-20 year mortality gap in schizophrenia. She was selected for the BU Clinical and Translational Science Institute KL2 Career Development Award (2023-2025) and the American Psychiatric Association Research Fellowship (2023-2025). She founded the Advancing Coordinated Care through Epidemiologic Studies (ACCESS) Initiative, which aims to improve outcomes in early psychosis through electronic health record and geocoding data.
Her advocacy efforts are focused on increasing access to evidence-based treatment in the early psychosis period, particularly the early use of long-acting injectable antipsychotics and clozapine to reduce the risk of premature mortality following the onset of psychosis. She served on the APA Council on Research (2023-2025) as a fellow member and as a Chair of the Public Sector Commitee of the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society (2021-2023).
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility
Structural inequities perpetuate disparities in access to opportunities in academia, particularly within clinical research. Individuals belonging to racial, ethnic, cultural, gender, linguistic and/or minority groups in the United States face significant barriers in pursuit of a career in clinical research (e.g. underrepresentation in leadership positions, implicit or explicit bias and discrimination). First generation scientists face a multitude of early challenges compared to their peers (e.g. lack of family connections in academia may mean more difficulty finding mentorship, often financial disadvantage). These are critical issues as lack of diversity in experiences and perspectives is a major detriment to scientific research. In particular, lack of diversity among clinical researchers perpetuates disparities in health outcomes among patients who belong to racial, ethnic, cultural, gender, and linguistic groups.
One of our research program’s core values is that you cannot have excellent science that drives innovation without diversity in perspectives and lived experiences. This is especially important given our focus on health disparities and inequities research in schizophrenia. To this end, we actively recruit and seek to retain team members from racial, ethnic, cultural, gender, and linguistic minority groups. We also actively encourage collaboration with researchers with lived experience with serious mental illness.
We proudly have a diverse and multidisciplinary clinical research team. It is the expectation that our research program is a community in which all persons feel valued and understood. This involves strategic mentorship, sponsorship, and creating a supportive environment where all feel comfortable raising any concerns.
As the first member in my family to pursue a graduate or professional degree, I have immensely benefited from longitudinal career mentorship from senior scientist. I seek to mentor and sponsor individuals from underrepresented groups in clinical research.
Psychiatrist
Boston Medical Center
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Sociodemographic and Clinical Predictors of Suicide in Early Psychosis07/01/2023 - 06/30/2025 (PI)
American Psychiatric Association
Laboratory for Early Psychosis Research (LEAP) (Supplement 2)01/01/2023 - 08/31/2023 (Subcontract PI)
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Brittany M. Gouse, MD, MPHMcLean Hospital NIH NIMH
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Boliver EE, Gouse BM, Baul TD, Agarwal N, Blanton AC, Lancet J, Xu C, Brown HE. Prolonged length of stay among individuals presenting to the emergency department with psychosis: Associations with sociodemographic and visit-level characteristics. J Psychiatr Res. 2025 Feb; 182:391-397.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39862766
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Gouse BM, Oblath R, Gibbs JS, Reagan EG, Brown HE. COVID-19 pandemic and emergency department visits for psychosis: Visit volume, restraint use, medication use, psychiatric hospitalization, and length of stay. Schizophr Res. 2024 May; 267:301-307.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38603838
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Gouse BM, Weinberg JM, Brown HE. Risk Stratification to Reduce Excess Mortality in Early Psychosis. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Mar 04; 7(3):e240623.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38497967
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Gouse BM, Schwarz AG, Gibbs JS, Weinberg JM, Yue H, Chava A, Brown HE. Demographic predictors of lack of current mental health treatment among university students with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder. Early Interv Psychiatry. 2023 Dec; 17(12):1207-1215.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37081818; DOI: 10.1111/eip.13422;
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Gouse BM, Boliver EE, Oblath R, Camacho L, Brown HE. Cannabis use among patients presenting to the emergency department for psychosis: Associations with restraint use, medication administration, psychiatric hospitalization, and repeat visits. Psychiatry Res. 2023 May; 323:115151.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36934468
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Gouse BM, Brown HE. Improving Outcomes in Schizophrenia-A Case for Initiation of Long-Acting Antipsychotics in Early-Phase Illness. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jul 01; 5(7):e2224172.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35900769
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Gouse BM, Nieves-Archibald A, Trutzer I, Rezvani M, Srinath M, Chang A, Wilensky D, Duncan A. Pediatric Malignant Catatonia Associated With Vaporized Cannabis Use: A Case Series. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2021 Jul-Aug; 62(4):445-448.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34210403
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Gouse BM, Chang AL, Smith EG. Effect Size and Blinding in Lumateperone Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2020 06 01; 77(6):650-651. PMID: 32320009
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Boehme AK, Siegler JE, Albright KC, George AJ, Monlezun D, Friedant A, Gouse BM, Beasley TM, Martin-Schild S. Stroke. Abstract W P225: The Relationship between Leukocytosis and Time to Neurodeterioration. 2018; 45. View Publication
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Halstead M, Gouse BM, Monlezun DJ, Brag K, Siegler JE, George AJ, Schluter L, El Khoury R, Martin-Schild S. Stroke. Abstract T MP74: The Effect of Elevated Factor VIII on Glycemic Control in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients. 2018; 45. View Publication
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Gouse BM, Morley CP, Gardiner CA, Mattar M, Javaid N, Fremont W. 2.21 The Weekend Effect in Securing Inpatient Placement in Child Psychiatry: An Ill-Prepared Mental Health System. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2017; 56(10):S184. View Publication
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Friedant AJ, Gouse BM, Boehme AK, Siegler JE, Albright KC, Monlezun DJ, George AJ, Beasley TM, Martin-Schild S. A simple prediction score for developing a hospital-acquired infection after acute ischemic stroke. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2015 Mar; 24(3):680-6. PMID: 25601173; PMCID: PMC4359649; DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.11.014;
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Gouse BM, Boehme AK, Monlezun DJ, Siegler JE, George AJ, Brag K, Albright KC, Beasley TM, Leissinger C, El Khoury R, Martin-Schild S. New Thrombotic Events in Ischemic Stroke Patients with Elevated Factor VIII. Thrombosis. 2014; 2014:302861. PMID: 25580292; PMCID: PMC4280494; DOI: 10.1155/2014/302861;
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Shaban A, Albright K, Gouse B, George A, Monlezun D, Boehme A, Beasley TM, Martin-Schild S. The impact of absent A1 segment on ischemic stroke characteristics and outcomes. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2015 Jan; 24(1):171-5. PMID: 25440333; PMCID: PMC4602372; DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.08.001;
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Boehme A, Siegler J, Albright K, George A, Monlezun Jr. D, Friedant A, Gouse B, Beasley T, Martin-Schild S. The Relationship between Leukocytosis and Time to Neurodeterioration (P6.282). Neurology. 2014; 82(10). View Publication
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| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 |
2022 Boston Medical Center:
Gennaro Acampora Junior Investigator Award
2022 Boston Medical Center:
Resident Research Award
2022 Boston Medical Center:
Rising to the Occassion Staff Recognition Award
2021 Boston Medical Center:
Gennaro Acampora Junior Investigator Award
2021 American Psychiatric Association :
Research Colloquium: Health Disparities and Health Services Research
2021 American Psychiatric Association:
Resident Recognition Award