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McLean Receives NIH Funding To Evaluate COVID-19 Vaccination Effects on the Menstrual Cycle

In research that will add important data to the experience of vaccines on women’s health, Laura Payne, PhD, director of McLean Hospital’s Clinical and Translational Pain Research Laboratory, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore potential links between SARS-CoV...

In the Media: Researchers at Harvard, BU To Study Possible Links Between Coronavirus Vaccines and Changes in Menstruation

With funding from the NIH, Dr. Laura Payne will study the relationship between the COVID vaccine and changes in the menstrual cycle.

In the Media: People Said the COVID Vaccine Affected Their Periods. Now More Than $1.6 Million Will Go Into Researching It.

Dr. Laura Payne and other researchers have received NIH funding to study potential links between coronavirus vaccinations and menstruation.

In the Media: Women Now Drink Alcohol at Similar Rates to Men

Listen to Dr. R. Kathryn McHugh discuss the increase in alcohol use among women.

Understanding Mental Health Over a Woman’s Lifetime

One of the most pressing issues in health care today is mental health. Unique issues related to the mental health of girls and women are of particular importance. Understanding women’s mental health is a twofold approach. There are mental health issues that only appear in women. There are also...

In the Media: Study – Women Have Increased Their Consumption of Alcohol

Listen to Dr. Dawn E. Sugarman discuss research into gender differences in alcohol consumption, binge drinking, and alcohol use disorder.

In the Media: Women Now Drink as Much as Men—Not so Much for Pleasure, but To Cope

“It’s not only that we’re seeing women drinking more, but that they’re really being affected by this physically and mental health-wise.” – Dr. Dawn E. Sugarman

Why We Need To Pay Attention to Women’s Mental Health

When it comes to the importance of mental health care for women, it is important to take a look at how their mental health issues differ from those of men. Newer research suggests women are more prone to psychological problems, such as depression, largely due in part to differences in the brains of...

In the Media: Transformations – The Mental Health Issues That Can Accompany Menopause Often Go

Dr. Laura Payne and other experts describe how menopause can take a toll on the mental health of some women.

Women’s Mental Health Council Offers Connection and Resources During Pandemic

Despite the limitations imposed by the pandemic, 2020 was a year of robust activity for the Women’s Mental Health Leadership Council, a group of women that has been gathering for years to discuss topics of mental health. Established in 2016, the group comes together to learn from McLean experts...

In the Media: Women, Alcohol, and COVID-19

Drs. Shelly F. Greenfield and Dawn E. Sugarman address how the pandemic has affected alcohol use among women.

In the Media: Binge Drinking Has Intensified During the Pandemic, Especially Among Women

Listen to Dr. Dawn E. Sugarman discuss how the pandemic has led to an uptick in binge drinking among women.

Video: Lecture – Why Talking About Menstrual Pain Is Essential to Psychiatric Care

Presented by Laura Payne, PhD, McLean Hospital – McLean Forum lecture Laura Payne, PhD, calls on mental health professionals to “get comfortable with the topic and consider that the menstrual cycle and menstrual pain are important things in both research and clinical work.” Payne says that by...

Women’s Mental Health Fellowship Provides Unparalleled Opportunity

Ashley Beaulieu, DO, is the third recipient of McLean’s innovative year-long fellowship in women’s mental health. For Beaulieu and her predecessors, this exceptional experience offered a fascinating 12 months of learning, with exposure to female patients coping with a range of diagnoses in every...

Video: Lecture – PTSD and Women’s Health – Life Course Burden With and Across Generations

Presented by Karestan C. Koenen, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health – Visiting Scholar Series “Sadly, many women’s lives are marked by exposure to violence and trauma from early childhood through adolescence and into adulthood,” Koenen says. “My work has been trying to understand this...

In the Media: How Is Binge Drinking Different for Women?

Watch Dr. Shelly F. Greenfield discuss how binge drinking affects women, how binge drinking increases a woman’s risk of breast cancer, and how the gender gap is closing.

Q & A: Kimberlyn Leary, PhD, MPA, Executive Director, Center of Excellence in Women’s Mental Health

Kimberlyn Leary, PhD, MPA, joined the McLean faculty as executive director of policy outreach in 2016, and in late 2018, she took on an additional role as executive director of the Center of Excellence in Women’s Mental Health, working closely with center chief Shelly F. Greenfield, MD, MPH. This...

Video: Mental Health in Women – McLean in Mumbai

Speaker: Dr. Jayita Deodhar In February 2019, McLean Hospital, in collaboration with the N.S. Vahia Foundation, offered a weeklong lecture series hosted at the Nehru Science Center in Mumbai focused on educating the public and professionals about brain and mental health. Learn more: mclean.org...

In the Media: Four Times as Many Pregnant Women Are Addicted to Opioids Now Compared to 1999

Dr. Hilary Connery addresses the stigma surrounding opioid use disorder.

In the Media: Why Alcohol Affects Women More Than Men

Dawn E. Sugarman, PhD, comments on gender differences in substance use disorders.

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