What is Reproductive Psychiatry?
Reproductive psychiatry is a specialized subfield of psychiatry that focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of mental health conditions associated with reproductive life stages and hormonal changes. This includes the treatment on mental health symptoms related to menstrual cycles (such as PMDD), mental illness during pregnancy, postpartum depression/anxiety/OCD, the impacts of infertility, and perimenopausal/menopausal mood changes. Reproductive psychiatrists are mental health professionals with interest and experience in treating these conditions.