Welcome to The Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women’s Mental Health at MGH.

Our Center, established in 1989, has been renamed following the generous gift from Carol Ammon and Dr. Marie Pinizzotto. These resources will be used to realize the overarching mission of the Center.

This website provides a range of current information including discussion of new research findings in women’s mental health and how such investigations inform day-to-day clinical practice. Despite the growing number of studies being conducted in women’s health, the clinical implications of such work are frequently controversial, leaving patients with questions regarding the most appropriate path to follow. Providing these resources to patients and their doctors so that individual clinical decisions can be made in a thoughtful and collaborative fashion dovetails with the mission of our Center.

LATEST FROM THE BLOG

Essential Reads: Topiramate and Pregnancy (2021)

MGH Center for Women's Mental Health2021-07-29T10:06:27-04:00July 29th, 2021|

What Factors Promote Recovery in Postpartum Women with Opioid Use Disorder?

MGH Center for Women's Mental Health2021-07-27T13:06:17-04:00July 27th, 2021|

Essential Reads: SBIRT for Women with Alcohol and Drug Use During Pregnancy

MGH Center for Women's Mental Health2021-07-22T08:57:47-04:00July 21st, 2021|

Essential Reads: Neurosteroids, Allopregnanolone and Vulnerability to Depression in Women

MGH Center for Women's Mental Health2021-07-14T09:53:19-04:00July 14th, 2021|

Does Stress Increase Vulnerability to Postpartum Psychosis in High-Risk Women?

MGH Center for Women's Mental Health2021-07-14T09:56:12-04:00July 13th, 2021|

Essential Reads: Topiramate and Pregnancy (2021)

MGH Center for Women's Mental Health2021-07-29T10:06:27-04:00July 29th, 2021|

Multiple studies have associated first trimester exposure to topiramate with increased risk of oral clefts.

What Factors Promote Recovery in Postpartum Women with Opioid Use Disorder?

MGH Center for Women's Mental Health2021-07-27T13:06:17-04:00July 27th, 2021|

Parenting support, maternal bonding with the infant, engagement in an OUD treatment program, and recovery-specific support systems promoted recovery in postpartum women with opioid use disorders.

Essential Reads: SBIRT for Women with Alcohol and Drug Use During Pregnancy

MGH Center for Women's Mental Health2021-07-22T08:57:47-04:00July 21st, 2021|

Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment or SBIRT has been shown to be a quick and effective means of identifying and intervening with patients whose patterns of use put them at risk for, or who already have, substance-related health problems.

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