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Dr. Catherine Birndorf, MD: How Hormones Impact Your Mood.
Catherine Birndorf, MD
Co-Founder, CEO, Medical Director of The Motherhood Center
Catherine Birndorf, MD, is a Reproductive Psychiatrist, the Co-Founder, CEO, and Medical Director of The Motherhood Center of New York. Dr. Birndorf is the Founding Director of the Payne Whitney Women’s Program at Weill Cornell Medicine – New York-Presbyterian Hospital. In addition, she is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynecology. A graduate of Smith College, Dr. Birndorf attended Brown University Medical School and did her Psychiatry Residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
A past Postpartum Support International board member, Dr. Birndorf now serves on the President’s Advisory Council. For ten years, Dr. Birndorf was a regular mental health columnist for SelfMagazine and has appeared on numerous television programs, including The Today Show, Good Morning America, MSNBC, and CNN. Dr. Birndorf recently consulted on a special postpartum episode of Law & Order. Dr. Birndorf’s first book, The Nine Rooms of Happiness, was an NYTimes bestseller published in 2010. Her most recent book, published by Simon & Schuster in 2019, is entitled What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions from Pregnancy to Motherhood.
Dr. Birndorf joins us on The Vault to dispel myths around antidepressant use during and after pregnancy, to discuss how hormones play a role in our mental health and wellbeing and to discuss the unique challenges and treatments for women’s mental health. She also discusses how men may struggle during the postpartum period and how those trying to become pregnant have their own unique challenges with regards to mental health.
- How to diagnosis postpartum depression.
- How men struggle in the postpartum period
- Infertility and mental health.
- How treat postpartum depression.
- What causes postpartum depression?
- Can I take antidepressants during pregnancy?
- How to diagnosis OCD in pregnancy?
- How to cope with burnout as a Physician.
- How to Cope with High Functioning Depression.
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Dr. Catherine Birndorf’s Books:
The Nine Rooms Of Happiness
What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions From Pregnancy to Motherhood and Beyond.
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Disclaimer: Consider your individual mental health needs with a licensed medical professional. This content is not medical advice.
