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Women’s Mental Health

“Research on women’s mental health is a relatively young field. McLean understands this is an area that deserves its own focus. McLean’s expertise is what inspired us to start the Women’s Mental Health Leadership Council in 2016. Together, we hope to increase awareness of mental illness in women, and address the stigma that often accompanies it.”
  • Co-Chairs Kristine M. Trustey and Carroll C.D. Pierce
  • Women’s Mental Health Leadership Council
Women’s Mental Health

Women’s Mental Health

“Research on women’s mental health is a relatively young field. McLean understands this is an area that deserves its own focus. McLean’s expertise is what inspired us to start the Women’s Mental Health Leadership Council in 2016. Together, we hope to increase awareness of mental illness in women, and address the stigma that often accompanies it.”
Co-Chairs Kristine M. Trustey and Carroll C.D. Pierce
Women’s Mental Health Leadership Council
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Women are 2x more likely than men to experience depression and anxiety.

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Women are 10x more likely than men to have an eating disorder.

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Teenage girls self-harm in order to relieve distress.

“Mental illness affects most families in some way—ours included. Therapy is one way to fight mental illness. Philanthropy is another.”

McLean Hospital doesn’t approach mental illness as a monolithic disease. There are many different types and they affect different people in different ways, including across genders. We decided to direct our gift to McLean’s Women’s Mental Health Psychiatry Fellowship because it trains psychiatrists in the unique ways that women and girls experience mental illness. And once trained, these fellows have an amplifying effect at McLean and beyond.
  • John and Mary Power
  • National Council Members
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Mental illness affects most families in some way—ours included Therapy is one way to fight mental illness Philanthropy is another
“Mental illness affects most families in some way—ours included. Therapy is one way to fight mental illness. Philanthropy is another.”
McLean Hospital doesn’t approach mental illness as a monolithic disease. There are many different types and they affect different people in different ways, including across genders. We decided to direct our gift to McLean’s Women’s Mental Health Psychiatry Fellowship because it trains psychiatrists in the unique ways that women and girls experience mental illness. And once trained, these fellows have an amplifying effect at McLean and beyond.
  • John and Mary Power
  • National Council Members
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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. 

“Many of our female patients present with layers, such as addiction, trauma, and domestic violence.”
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.
  • Kayia L. Akoun, MD
  • Staff Psychiatrist, Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Inpatient Program
Women’s mental health issues are challenging because many women present with layers such as addiction trauma and domestic violence
“Many of our female patients present with layers, such as addiction, trauma, and domestic violence.”

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.

  • Kayia L. Akoun, MD
  • Staff Psychiatrist, Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Inpatient Program

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