WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
The curriculum
The Reproductive Psychiatry Lens
Understand how reproductive history, hormones, and reproductive transitions can influence mental health, assessment, and treatment.
Explore the clinical impact of:
- Menstrual cycles and hormonal changes
- Fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum
- Lactation and reproductive loss
- Contraception and hormonal medications
- Perimenopause and menopause
- Screening and differential diagnosis
Assessment & Differential Diagnosis
Learn how to integrate reproductive health into a psychiatric assessment—what to ask, what to screen for, and how reproductive history and transitions can shape your differential diagnosis.
We’ll explore:
- Menstrual cycle and reproductive history
- Pregnancy intentions and contraception
- Fertility and fertility treatment
- Pregnancy, postpartum, and lactation
- Pregnancy loss and reproductive trauma
- Hormonal medications and treatments
- Perimenopause and menopause
- Screening tools and differential diagnosis
Psychopharmacology Across Reproductive Transitions
Move beyond “Is this medication safe?” and learn a practical framework for medication decisions across the reproductive lifespan.
Explore how to consider:
- Risks of untreated illness
- Medication risks and available evidence
- Fertility and reproductive goals
- Pregnancy and lactation
- Hormonal treatments and contraception
- Shared decision-making and patient counseling
- Monitoring and follow-up
Clinical Application
Apply the reproductive psychiatry framework to common conditions, complex clinical situations, and real-world casesacross the reproductive lifespan.
Explore how to approach assessment, treatment decisions, patient counseling, referral, and collaborative care when the answer isn’t always straightforward.
You’ll Leave With
Practical tools and resources you can use beyond the course:
- Reproductive psychiatry assessment framework
- Medication decision-making framework
- Screening and clinical resources
- Evidence and guideline resources
- Patient education tools
- Referral and collaboration guidance
- Clinical pearls for real-world practice
A framework. A phrase. A plan.
UPCOMING COHORTS
Future dates
All sessions run 8:00 am – 3:00 pm MT, live and virtual, with 30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks.
2027
Friday, March 19, 2027
Thursday, June 10, 2027
Friday, September 10, 2027
Thursday, December 2, 2027
2028
Friday, March 19, 2028
Thursday, June 10, 2028
Friday, September 10, 2028
Thursday, December 2, 2028
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Made for advanced practice
The Intensive is designed for psychiatric-mental health and women’s health nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, physician associates, and clinical nurse specialists. Physicians, therapists, and trainees who want a structured foundation are warmly welcome.
Learning Objectives
By the end of Foundations, participants will be able to:
- Describe reproductive psychiatry across the reproductive lifespan.
- Integrate reproductive health into psychiatric assessment.
- Apply risk-benefit principles to psychopharmacologic decisions.
- Recognize how reproductive transitions can influence psychiatric presentations.
- Apply foundational clinical reasoning to reproductive psychiatry cases.
- Identify when consultation, referral, or collaborative care is appropriate.