Harvard Update on Neurology and Psychiatry of Women 2024

Harvard Update on Neurology and Psychiatry of Women 2024 brings together neurological and psychiatric care across reproductive and hormonal transitions. The supplied contents cover pregnancy-related neurological consultations, epilepsy, migraine, contraception, perinatal mood disorders and psychosis, alongside sleep, substance use, sexual health and trauma-informed care. Case discussions and panels connect these subjects with the practical decisions clinicians face when treating women. The course is relevant to neurologists, psychiatrists and other professionals working in women’s health. Its emphasis is on individualized assessment and treatment across the lifespan, with attention to how reproductive circumstances affect clinical choices.

Learning Objectives

The source description provides the following course-series objectives; it does not establish a separately archived 2024 objectives statement.

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

• Integrate sex- and hormone-specific evidence into individualized treatment plans for neurologic and psychiatric disorders.
• Analyze therapeutic risks and benefits across key hormonal transitions to optimize outcomes and minimize adverse effects.
• Implement guideline-concordant care pathways tailored to women’s neurologic and psychiatric health needs.

Faculty Context

The source description names the following leaders within the course-series framework, without confirming their specific 2024 session assignments.

• Mary O’Neal, MD – Chief of General Neurology and Director of the Women’s Neurology Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Polina Teslyar, MD – Director of Reproductive Psychiatry Consultation, Divisions of Women’s Mental Health and Medical Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

It also identifies Maria Houtchens, MD, MSc, and Paula Emanuela Voinescu, MD, PhD, as faculty leaders for later editions.

Topics

The list below is retained from the supplied product contents. It is not presented as a verified complete 2024 timed agenda. Topic and accreditation details from later editions do not establish 2024 coverage. This package does not establish official Harvard registration, publisher-platform access, an electronic syllabus or CME evaluation access.

• Autoimmune Disorders in Women
• Bipolar Disorder and Psychosis in Pregnancy
• Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse People
• Common Neurologic Consults in Pregnancy
• Contraception in Women with Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders
• Epilepsy and Pregnancy
• Functional Neurological Disorder- a case based panel discussion
• Hormonally Mediated Mood Issues Across the Life Span
• Migraine and Women
• Perinatal Anxiety and Depression
• Pregnancy- What the Non-OB Needs to Know
• Sexual & Urological Dysfunction in Women
• Sleep Disorders in Women
• Sports Neurology- Is it a Man’s World.
• Substance Abuse in Women
• Trauma Informed Care- panel
• Update on Neurology and Psychiatry of Women- Day 1
• Update on Neurology and Psychiatry of Women- Day 2