2021 Agenda
WMHC 2021 will feature 1 Keynote, 2 Fireside Chats, 3 Panels, and 32 remarkable sessions on contemporary issues in women’s mental health.
Given the volume of sessions running concurrently, we have divided the sessions into “tracks” based on shared content below. All talks are 20 minutes.
Women’s Mental Health Technology & Innovation
These sessions address the myriad ways in which technology can help or hurt women’s mental health. How can we harness the power of technology to improve outcomes? Alternatively, how does social media and content sharing affect mental health or gender-based violence?
Friday 2pm ET
There’s an App for That!: How Smartphone Apps Can Help Support Women’s Mental Health
Martha Neary MS, and Kristina Palomares
Friday 2:30pm ET
Women and Smoking: Telehealth for Nicotine Addiction during COVID
Margaret Antenucci, APRN
Friday 3pm ET
The Trans Tech Revolution
Robbi Katherine Anthony
Saturday 11am ET
Cyber-Abuse and the Use of Technology in Sexual Misconduct
Cristina Cantú, LCSW
Maternal Mental Health & Perinatal Psychiatry
The mental health of mothers is critical to society, and has unfortunately suffered greatly during COVID-19. How can we better care for women who are currently pregnant, have lost a pregnancy, or who are suffering from mental health issues after pregnancy? How do pressing social issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change or substance use affect motherhood today?
Friday 2pm ET
COVID-19 & Pregnancy Loss: Voices of Women who Have Experienced Pregnancy Loss or Subsequent Pregnancy During the Global Pandemic
Meghan Constantino, CNM and Christina Mailhos, MA
Friday 2:30pm ET
Maternal Mental Health: Why Is Suicide The Leading Cause of Death for New Mothers?
Adrienne Griffen, MPP
Friday 3pm ET
Maternal Guilt, Conflict, and Fulfillment: Navigating Adolescent Motherhood, Psychological Distress, and Family Dynamics in Rural Nepal
Anna Schwartz and Risika Mohanty
Friday 3:30pm ET
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders in a Pandemic
Catherine Birndorf, MD and Paige Bellenbaum, LMSW
Saturday 11am ET
Mother Earth and Maternal Mental Health: The Impact of Climate Change on Perinatal Psychiatry
Julia Rothchild
Saturday 11:30am ET
Mental Health Screening for Women after Early Pregnancy Loss: a Quality Improvement Project
Rachel White, MD
Saturday 12pm ET
Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in the Treatment of Prenatal Opioid Use Disorder
Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako, MS
Racial Justice
During the past year, the fight for racial justice has collided with a raging pandemic, the ‘me, too.’ movement, climate change and other social movements. Black communities are facing disproportionate trauma from COVID-19, racism and more. Asian communities are battling a wave of anti-Asian discrimination. Native American women are suffering through some of the highest rates of sexual assault and murder in the world. How can we elevate our awareness of BIPOC women’s needs so we can better care for them?
Friday 2pm ET
History of Asian American Discrimination
Senti Sojwal and Salonee Bhaman
Friday 2:30pm ET
Sister Circles: Reimagining Healing Spaces for Black Womxn Part 1
Olivetta Uradu, MD and Brittany Atuahene, MD
*This space invites individuals who identify as black womxn.
Friday 3pm ET
Sister Circles: Reimagining Healing Spaces for Black Womxn Part 2
Olivetta Uradu, MD and Yvonne Uyanwune, MD
*This space invites individuals who identify as black womxn.
Friday 3:30pm ET
The Mental Health Crisis Facing Professional Women of Color: Three Case Studies
Christine Coleman, PhD, LMFT
Saturday 11am ET
The Invisible of the Invisible: Asian American Women Students & COVID-19 Pandemic
Donna Tran and Amy Alexander, MD
Saturday 11am ET
Indigenous Feminism
Iva Greywolf, MA, PhD and Royleen Ross, MA, PhD
Saturday 11:30am ET
Black Resilience in the Time of Bullshit
Adaku Utah
Trauma
Gender-based violence and trauma disproportionately affect women. In the last month alone, two New Haven women have been killed by their partners in acts of intimate partner violence. Women are more likely to develop PTSD after a trauma than men. How can we more intimately understand trauma so that we can prevent such events or mitigate their effects on women?
Friday 2pm ET
Effective Evidence-Based Interventions for Transitional Aged Youth Survivors of Sexual Trauma
Ziyiah Rogers, MSW and Kristopher McLucas, LCSW
Friday 2:30pm ET
Criminal Protection Orders: Implications of Requested Vs. Issued Orders on Domestic Violence Revictimization and Mental Health Among Women
Tami Sullivan, MA, PhD
Friday 3pm ET
Prevention of Domestic Violence Homicides
Paola Serrecchia
Friday 3:30pm ET
The Impact of Generational Trauma on Historically Marginalized Women: A Primer
Gowri Aragam MD and Seyi Akintorin, MD, MPH
Saturday 11:30am ET
Female Veteran Mental Health: Considerations and Risks for Dementia
Muniza Majoka, MD and Lea Marin, MD, MPH
Expanding Gender & Sexuality
These sessions explore how gender, gender expression, and sexuality affect mental health. How has sex work changed with the pandemic, and what are the mental health needs of sex workers? How can we better affirm the identities and belonging of trans women?
Friday 3:30pm ET
Kicking Stigma Off the Couch: Affirming Mental Health Care for Sex Workers
Corrie Varga, MA
Friday 3:30pm ET
Seeking Appropriate Mental Healthcare for Transgender Women
Jillian Celentano
Saturday 11:30am ET
Bisexual Women: An Intersectional Approach
Courtney Rago, MA
Saturday 12:30pm ET
Womxn, Addiction, and Gender: The Importance of Narrative in Understanding Substance Use and Recovery
Erin Davidowicz, MD
Centering Untold Stories
Many issues of women are unheard, unappreciated and under recognized. Psychosis, ADHD, eating disorders and body image disorders are just some of the issues facing women that are underdiagnosed and not well screened for. These sessions seek to expand our knowledge of “hidden” issues and brings them to light.
Friday 2pm ET
Women with a First Episode of Psychosis: Time to Take Action
Maria Ferrara MD, MPH and Laura Yoviene Sykes MA, PhD
Friday 2:30pm ET
Understanding the Misunderstanding: the Use and Misuse of the “Borderline” Diagnosis in Women with Eating Disorders
Devorah Kamman, MSN
Friday 3pm ET
Not Just Distracted: The Hidden Impact of Attention Disorders in Women
Cynthia Palmisano PsyD and Elaine Rooney, MA
Saturday 12:30pm ET
“The Body Issue”: Using a Graphic Novel as an Intervention for Those Struggling with Body Image
Nealie Ngo and Michelle Boose MD, MPH