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Dr. Katherine L. Wisner, M.D., expert on post-partum depression
March 06, 2010

Dr. Wisner presented at the 2010 Palm Beach Mental Health Research Symposium. She spoke about "Depression in Women Across the Life Cycle: New Treatment Perspectives". After the event, she was kind enough to answer some questions for us:

 

 

Video from March, 2010 - filmed at the 7th Annual Palm Beach Symposium

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Katherine L Wisner, M.D.
1998 NARSAD Independent Investigator Grantee
Norman and Helen Asher Professor
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

 

TAGS: Depression
Rachel G. Klein, Ph.D., Scientific Council Member, 1995 NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee, 2004 Ruane Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Research, Professsor of Psychiatry, New York University Child Study Center, Expert on Childhood mental illnesses including ADHD and anxiety
Q In your time on the Scientific Council, what is the most promising area of brain and behavior research you’ve seen?
A Two areas appear most promising. One is that great progress has been made... More >
Katherine L. Wisner, M.D.
Q How is depression specific to or different in women?
A “It’s the same rate of occurrence in boys and girls until puberty, when in... More >