2022
Psychiatric Symptoms Across the Menstrual Cycle in Adult Women: A Comprehensive Review
Handy AB, Greenfield SF, Yonkers KA, Payne LA. Psychiatric Symptoms Across the Menstrual Cycle in Adult Women: A Comprehensive Review. Harvard Review Of Psychiatry 2022, 30: 100-117. PMID: 35267252, PMCID: PMC8906247, DOI: 10.1097/hrp.0000000000000329.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental healthMenstrual cycleAnxiety disordersWomen's mental healthPsychiatric symptomsSocial anxiety disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderLuteal phaseObsessive-compulsive disorderMenstrual cycle-dependent fluctuationGeneralized anxiety disorderAdult womenSuicide/suicide attemptsBody of researchStress disorderBorderline personality disorderMenstrual cycle phaseBehavioral interventionsAlcohol useCyclic exacerbationsPanic disorderSymptom exacerbationSubjective effectsMenstrual phasePersonality disorder
2016
Early Childhood Adversity and Pregnancy Outcomes
Smith MV, Gotman N, Yonkers KA. Early Childhood Adversity and Pregnancy Outcomes. Maternal And Child Health Journal 2016, 20: 790-798. PMID: 26762511, PMCID: PMC4849279, DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1909-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse childhood experiencesGestational agePregnancy outcomesBirth weightConclusions ACEsComposite International Diagnostic InterviewEarly Trauma Inventory Self Report-Short FormMaternal reproductive healthShorter gestational ageAdditional adverse childhood experienceDelivery of offspringPregnant womenHealth habitsPsychiatric illnessPsychiatric diagnosisReproductive healthDiagnostic InterviewChildhood adversityShort formMultiple mediatorsAgeChildhood experiencesMediatorsMethods ExposureOutcomes
2015
Perinatal substance use: A prospective evaluation of abstinence and relapse
Forray A, Merry B, Lin H, Ruger JP, Yonkers KA. Perinatal substance use: A prospective evaluation of abstinence and relapse. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2015, 150: 147-155. PMID: 25772437, PMCID: PMC4387084, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.02.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRates of abstinenceMean daysSubstance useMultivariate Cox modelLittle prospective dataPostpartum relapseRelapse postpartumAbstinence ratesProspective evaluationNicotine cigarettesProspective dataCox modelPregnancyRelapseCigarettesAbstinenceToxicology testingCocaineWomenPsychological treatmentLast monthPostpartumMarijuanaSpecific substancesDays
2013
Perinatal smoking and depression in women with concurrent substance use
Forray A, Gotman N, Kershaw T, Yonkers KA. Perinatal smoking and depression in women with concurrent substance use. Addictive Behaviors 2013, 39: 749-756. PMID: 24447885, PMCID: PMC3944019, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.12.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPregnant womenConcurrent substance useSubstance usePre-pregnancy smokersSignificant depressive symptomsWeeks of pregnancyMini Neuropsychiatric InterviewDiagnosis of depressionImpact of depressionCourse of smokingNon-depressed groupLinear mixed effects regressionSubstance abuse treatmentPerinatal smokingSmoking postpartumBaseline cohortNeuropsychiatric InterviewMixed effects regressionDepressive symptomsSmokingSmoking behaviorDepressive symptomatologyAbuse treatmentPregnancyPostpartum