August 12, 2009

The Reproductive Psychiatry Program at NYU Langone Medical Center received a $500,000 gift to support the expansion of its clinical program serving women with postpartum depression and other reproductive-related psychiatric disorders.  

"Psychiatric disorders in relation to a woman's reproductive life cycle are often under-diagnosed and under-treated. There is a need to improve clinicians' ability to recognize these conditions and to design treatment plans tailored to the needs of individual patients," says Shari I. Lusskin, MD, director of the Reproductive Psychiatry Program at NYU Langone Medical Center. "Although much progress has been made in terms of education and research to bring women's mental health to the forefront, this gift will allow for the ongoing integration of key advances into mainstream psychiatry."

The Reproductive Psychiatry Program works to alleviate the pain and suffering associated with psychiatric disorders related to the female reproductive life cycle and to educate healthcare professionals on these conditions.  The funding also supports a research component to encourage the development of a more-complete body of knowledge on reproductive-related psychiatric disorders.  The gift provides for matching funds beyond the initial amount.

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Lisa Greiner
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