Each week, we take a quick look at the most recent articles published in women's mental health. Obstetrical and neonatal outcomes after benzodiazepine exposure during pregnancy: Results from a prospective registry of women with psychiatric [...]
In 2015, we first reported on SAGE-547 (SAGE Therapeutics), a new medication for the treatment of severe postpartum depression (PPD). SAGE-547, now called brexanolone, is an allosteric modulator of GABAA receptors. This drug was initially [...]
It’s been a while since we posted a weekly roundup.  Now that the new website is up, we are back on track.  In one of the few studies assessing the physical and cognitive development of [...]
A history of maternal psychiatric illness has been linked to postpartum depression (PPD), but this does not account for all instances of postpartum psychiatric illness. A recent study examined the impact of medical complications during [...]
Soon after the Center for Women’s Mental Health was established in 1989, we started receiving phone calls (followed by emails) from women and their treaters seeking information regarding the safest way to treat psychiatric disorders [...]
We continue to see more and more women of reproductive age using marijuana in various forms. Â According to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, there has been a significant increase in [...]
 Every day, we see women in our clinic who are deciding whether to continue a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) for management of depression or anxiety during pregnancy. As a class, SSRI use during [...]
 Hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) is the most common type of female sexual dysfunction, affecting approximately 10% of all adult women. In certain populations of women that we see in our clinic, including women [...]
 Last year France banned the use of the antiepileptic during valproate in certain populations of reproductive age women.  Now the United Kingdom's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has banned the use of [...]
For those in the Boston area, this Wednesday May 9th is Perinatal Mental Health Awareness & Advocacy Day 2018. This event will be held at the Great Hall, Massachusetts State House at 24 Beacon St. in [...]
