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
2021
Progression of depression and anxiety symptoms in pregnancies conceived by assisted reproductive technology in the United States
Simoni MK, Gilstad-Hayden K, Naqvi SH, Pal L, Yonkers KA. Progression of depression and anxiety symptoms in pregnancies conceived by assisted reproductive technology in the United States. Journal Of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology 2021, 43: 214-223. PMID: 34472405, PMCID: PMC10116357, DOI: 10.1080/0167482x.2021.1971193.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssisted-reproductive technologyEdinburgh Postnatal Depression ScalePlanned pregnanciesPostnatal Depression ScaleGestational time periodsART pregnanciesProspective cohortPregnant womenWeeks postpartumGeneralized Estimating EquationsObstetrical practiceDepression ScaleDepressive symptomsPregnancyBlue studiesSecondary analysisConception groupMental healthAnxiety subscaleAnxiety symptomsWomenGroup changesSymptomsPrevalenceWeeksThe Collision of Mental Health, Substance Use Disorder, and Suicide
Forray A, Yonkers KA. The Collision of Mental Health, Substance Use Disorder, and Suicide. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2021, 137: 1083-1090. PMID: 33957654, DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000004391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of suicideSubstance use disordersUse disordersMental healthPerinatal periodSuicidal thoughtsReproductive health care clinicsSevere perinatal depressionHealth care clinicsCause of deathWomen's mental healthPerinatal depressionCare clinicsPerinatal womenPregnant womenDepressive episodeReproductive yearsPsychiatric illnessAmerican CollegePsychiatric disordersCareful monitoringPsychiatric conditionsSuicide attemptsChildhood adversitySuicide prevention