By Julie Brownley, MD, PhD Founder, Psychiatry for Women f I asked you to name the symptoms of menopause, you'd probably say: Hot flashes Night sweats Irregular periods Mood changes Those are certainly common. But estrogen receptors have been identified in tissues throughout the body—including the brain, skin, eyes, ears, joints, bladder, blood vessels, muscles, and connective tissue. As estrogen begins its unpredictable decline during perimenopause (often years before your final menstrual...

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) has officially been renamed Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS). But this is more than a name change, it reflects a fundamental shift in how we understand one of the most common hormonal conditions affecting women. Learn why experts made the change, what PMOS really is, and why this new perspective may lead to earlier diagnosis and better care.

What discontinuation symptoms actually mean, and what they don’t. By Julie Brownley, MD, PhD Founder, Psychiatry for Women If you’ve ever tried to come off an antidepressant and felt awful, you’re not alone. And if your immediate thought was: “Oh no. Am I addicted?” You’re definitely not alone there, either. People (even providers) frequently use the word withdrawal to describe what happens when stopping an antidepressant. That makes intuitive sense. After all, some people absolutely...