Posts by Lee S. Cohen, MD
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Women with Major Depression During Pregnancy Have High Rates of Recurrence During Their Child's Formative Years
Depression during pregnancy is highly likely to recur after delivery, Mass General researchers have determined. The finding implies that maternal depression is a major confounder when assessing the influence of prenatal antidepressant exposure on child neurodevelopment.
Biography
Dr. Cohen is director of The Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women’s Mental Health at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also the Edmund and Carroll Carpenter professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency training and fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is a national and international leader in the field of women’s mental health and was among the founders of the field of perinatal and reproductive psychiatry. His work spans the domains of research, teaching and clinical care in the area of treatment of mood and anxiety disorders with subspecialty interest in psychiatric disorders associated with female reproductive function. These include psychiatric disorders during pregnancy and the post-partum period, depression in midlife women and issues related to infertility and mental health. The research which he conducts and oversees has helped to inform the care of patients who suffer from psychiatric illness.