This specialized Women’s Mental Health Program provides assessment and short-term treatment for women experiencing anxiety and mood-related difficulties during reproductive life stages (such as menstrual cycle, pregnancy, postpartum and the menopausal transition).
Women can experience anxiety at each reproductive stage. The Reproductive Life Stages Program offers a combination of education, brief psychotherapy and medication, along with a multidisciplinary team approach, to assess and treat women and their partners. The care provided relates to mood and anxiety difficulties linked to pre-menstrual syndrome and pregnancy; postpartum depression, anxiety and psychosis; and peri-menopausal and post-menopausal psychological difficulties.
Our Services
Assessment and treatment is provided for:
- premenstrual mood and anxiety difficulties
- mood and anxiety difficulties during pregnancy
- postpartum depression and anxiety
- peri-menopausal or post-menopausal depression and anxiety
- risks for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders
We are an interdisciplinary team of psychiatrists, mental health social workers and nurses who offer:
- individual therapy
- group therapy
- couple therapy
- treatment with medication
The program serves as a site for educating health-care providers and for conducting research to further understand mental health as it relates to women's reproductive life cycles.
Referral
A referral by a doctor or midwife is required. A client can call the number below to arrange a telephone pre-assessment with a nurse pending referral by their health-care practitioner.
Physicians and clinicians: Click here to download a copy of the Women's Mental Health Program referral form. Once completed, please fax to 416-323-6356.
Location and Contact Info
Women's College Hospital (main building)
76 Grenville Street (view map)
9th floor
Toronto, ON M5S 1B2
Phone: 416-323-6400 ext. 5635
Hours of Service
Monday - Friday
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Accessibility
This program is wheelchair-accessible.
