Women are 2x more likely than men to experience depression and anxiety.
Women are 10x more likely than men to have an eating disorder.
Teenage girls self-harm in order to relieve distress.
McLean established a Division of Women’s Mental Health to focus and direct our clinical, research, and training activities to accelerate innovation in this important area.
The Division offers resources to all clinical programs across the hospital to provide guidance on conditions that uniquely affect women and girls.
McLean’s Women’s Mental Health Psychiatry Fellowship prepared me for the challenges my patients face, enabling me to provide compassionate care for depression, anxiety, trauma disorders, mood disorders, perinatal psychiatry, and other diagnoses.