Women's Mental Health
PS 507M.23
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Description
Students may add themselves to the waiting list for this course during add/drop periods but not during lottery periods. Please contact Dr. Polina Tesylar, pteslyar@bwh.harvard.edu for approval to enroll.
This elective is designed to increase students' knowledge of the influence of sex, gender and reproductive cycle events on psychopathology and psychiatric care, and to augment their skills in assessing and treating psychiatric disorders related to gender and reproduction. It includes concentrated clinical experience with patients with premenstrual, perinatal and perimenopausal psychiatric disorders, as well as patients with infertility, pregnancy loss, and breast and gynecologic cancers. Students also learn how to do preconception planning with patients at risk for perinatal psychiatric problems, and about trauma-informed care for women who have experienced sexual trauma. Students see patients within Women's Mental Health clinical services at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and the Fish Center for Women's Health. Students are supervised by faculty within the BWH Women's Mental Health Division. Students work closely with senior residents and a women's mental health fellow, and attend biweekly multidisciplinary rounds with attendings, residents and a women's mental health fellow. Students also do a scholarly project, consisting of either a written case report, a written literature review, or a presentation to the Women's Mental Health Division. Students participant in relevant lectures, symposia and Grand Rounds. There is no call.
Not Available for Cross Registration
Open to Domestic Visiting Students
