May 5, 2022
To kick off Mental Health Awareness Month, and right before Mother's Day, we're bringing you an episode on women's reproductive mental health. Psychiatrist Dr. Amalia Londoño and reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Eleni Jaswa join us to talk about what this topic encompasses, the disparities that exist, and policies that can help improve the care we provide to moms and their families.
Dr. Greenwood Jaswa is a reproductive endocrinologist and fertility specialist who cares for patients seeking evaluation and treatment of infertility, planning for future conception, dealing with recurrent miscarriages, and experiencing menstrual abnormalities. Dr. Greenwood Jaswa earned her Master of Science degree in biological sciences at Stanford University and completed her medical degree at Weill Cornell Medicine. She completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology and a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the University of California San Francisco.
Dr. Amalia Londoño Tobón is a psychiatrist and researcher with expertise in perinatal, childhood, family, and cultural aspects of mental health. Dr. Londoño Tobón attended Stanford University, where she received her medical degree. She went on to complete her psychiatry residency and child psychiatry fellowship at Yale University as well as a perinatal mental health research and clinical fellowship at Brown University.
Learn more in the recently published Textbook of Women's Reproductive Mental Health from APA Publishing.
Follow Dr. Londoño on Twitter @DrLondonoTobon and Instagram @DrLondonoTobon
For a transcript of this episode, visit: https://apafdn.org/news-events/mentally-healthy-nation-podcast/women-s-reproductive-mental-health
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