Anxiety during pregnancy has been associated with adverse birth outcomes such as lower birth weight, preterm births, and admissions to the neonatal ICU. In a recent study published in Health Psychology, researchers were able to shed light on perinatal anxiety and its...
Miscarriage is not an infrequent occurrence — approximately 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage. The trauma, grief and anxiety around this possibility can result in parents ruminating on what they did “wrong.” Dr. Booth spoke with Elizabeth Hlavinka of...
Monica is a general adult psychiatrist located in the Calpsychiatry San Diego La Jolla office. She treats patients with a variety of psychiatric disorders including mood and anxiety disorders, women’s reproductive mental health, sleep disorders, OCD and ADHD. She...
Dr. Burt is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. In addition, she is Founder and Director-Consultant of The Women’s Life Center of the...
Misty Richards, MD, MS is the Director of Infant Mental Health of the UCLA Maternal Mental Health Program. She is the Co-Founder and Medical Director of Perinatal Psychiatry for the Maternal Outpatient Mental health Services (MOMS) Clinic in the Department of OB-GYN,...
Rebecca Kahn, LMFT is a therapist who specializes in working with individuals who have experienced pregnancy losses. She attended Pepperdine University for graduate studies and has had many clinical experiences including community mental health, the Juvenile Justice...
