Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Founder and Co-Director, The Women’s Life Center
Resnick UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital
Los Angeles, California, USA.
Simple and Practical Mental Health is proud to have Prof. Vivien Burt, MD, PhD on our Editorial Board as well as one of our Authors.
Dr. Burt has authored numerous articles and book chapters in the field of women’s psychiatry, has coauthored The Clinical Manual for Women’s Mental Health, published by the American Psychiatric Press in May 2008 and is the first author of the chapter on Women’s Mental Health in the American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Psychiatry, published in 2014.
She has been honored with an Outstanding House Staff Teaching Award from the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, both a President’s Award and an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Southern California Psychiatric Society, and the Distinguished Service Award of the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital, the 2008 Andre Boivin Professorship of the Motherisk Program of The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.
The focus of her activities includes projects in women’s mental health with a particular focus on psychiatric illnesses associated with reproductive transitions.
Articles by Dr. Burt
Which contraceptive after oral-contraceptive-related depression?
Does estrogen have a role in schizophrenia
Estrogen as a treatment for schizophrenia?
Can oral contraceptives cause or worsen depression?
Tips on managing perimenopausal symptoms
Tips on using lithium during pregnancy
Tips on Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD): Interview with Vivien Burt, MD
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