UNC Center for Women's Mood Disorders
Dawson Hall
The Center for Women’s Mood Disorders provides compassionate care for women affected by anxiety, depression and attention difficulties associated with pregnancy, postpartum recovery, perimenopause, menopause and monthly hormonal shifts.
The Center is home to three programs:
- Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program – We care for people experiencing mood and anxiety disorders during pregnancy and postpartum recovery.
- Menstrually Related Mood Disorders Program – We help people with mood disorders and hormonal disturbances surrounding menopause or their monthly cycle.
- Perinatal Behavioral Health & Psychotherapy Program – We offer therapy to people experiencing anxiety, depression, grief or unfamiliar and uncomfortable psychological changes associated with pregnancy, birth, loss, fetal abnormalities, infertility, menopause or other medical and psychological conditions, as well as those who need support during a major life transition.
Therapy is offered both in person and virtually.
Conditions we treat
- Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) – Feeling moody, tired and uncomfortable before your period
- Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) – Strong mood changes before your period that make daily life harder
- Depression during pregnancy – Feeling very sad or hopeless when you are pregnant
- Postpartum depression (PPD) – Feeling very sad or overwhelmed after having a baby
- Postpartum psychosis – A rare but serious condition after childbirth that can cause confusion, unusual thoughts or seeing or hearing things that are not there
- Interfertility – Trouble getting pregnant
- Pregnancy loss – Losing a pregnancy through miscarriage or stillbirth
- Perimenopausal depression – Feeling very sad or low during the years when your body is changing before, during or after menopause
Services
- Evaluation/consultation – A first visit where we talk with you to understand what you need
- Therapy – Talking with a trained therapist who can help you manage feelings and challenges
- Medication management – Meeting with a provider who helps decide if medicine can help and makes sure it’s working safely
- Hormone replacement therapy – Treatment that gives your body helpful hormones to help ease symptoms caused by hormone changes
