Dr. Freeman established the Women’s Mental Health Program at the University of Arizona in 2000, and served as its director for seven years. She recently moved to the University of Texas- Southwestern in Dallas to direct the Women’s Mental Health Center, where she is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology. The program includes research, clinical, and teaching components, with an emphasis on mood and anxiety disorders across the female reproductive cycle. Dr. Freeman is the Vice Editor-in-Chief of for The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, and she edits the Focus on Women’s Mental Health specialty section for the journal. Dr. Freeman chaired the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Subcommittee on Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Psychiatry (2003-2006) and is a member of the APA’s Major Depressive Disorder Practice Guidelines Revision Committee. She is the Chair of the APA’s Task Force on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Dr. Freeman directs a clinical research program in Women’s Mental Health. She has obtained research support from federal, state, and foundation grants. Her research program is focused on mood disorders in the context of reproductive events.
Metabolic effects of atypicals- omega-3 fatty acid trial
Pharmacokinetics of antidepressants in pregnancy
Screening and treatment for Postpartum Depression
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Freeman MP, Sinha P., "Tolerability of omega-3 fatty acid supplements in perinatal women." Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Essential Fatty Acids, in press
Freeman MP, "Antenatal Depression: Navigating the Treatment Dilemmas." American Journal of Psychiatry, 164:1162-5., August 2007
Freeman MP, "Omega-3 fatty acids and perinatal depression: A review of the literature and recommendations for future research. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Essential Fatty Acids 2006; 75:291-297." Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Essential Fatty Acids, 75:291-297., 2006
Freeman MP, Hibbeln JR, Wisner KL, Davis JM, Mischoulon D, Peet M, Keck PE, Jr., Marangell LB, Richardson AJ, Lake J, Stoll AL., "Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Evidence Basis for Treatment and Future Research in Psychiatry [American Psychiatric Association Subcommittee Report]." Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 67:1954-1967., 2006
Freeman MP, Hibbeln JR, Wisner KL, Brumbach BH, Watchman W, Gelenberg AJ., "Randomized dose-ranging pilot trial of omega-3 fatty acids for postnatal depression." Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica,, 113 (1):31-5, 2006
Freeman MP, Sinha P., "Tolerability of omega-3 fatty acid supplements in perinatal women." Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Essential Fatty Acids, in press
SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS
Freeman MP, "Mood stabilizers in combination: a review of safety and efficacy" Am J Psychiatry, 155:12-21, 1998
Stoll, AL, Severus WE, Freeman MP, Rueter S, Zboyan HA, Diamond E, Cress KK, Marangell LB, "Omega-3 fatty acids in bipolar disorder: a double-blind placebo-controlled trial" Arch Gen Psychiatry, 56:407-412, 1999
Freeman MP, Wosnitzer-Smith K, Freeman SA, McElroy SL, Kmetz GF, Wright R, Keck PE Jr, "The Impact of Reproductive Events on the Course of Bipolar Disorder in Women" J Clin Psychiatry, 63:284-287, 2002
Freeman MP, Wiegand C, Gelenberg AJ, "Lithium, in Textbook of Psychopharmacology, eds Schatzberg A and Nemeroff C" American PSychiatric Publishing, Inc., Washington, D.C., 2003
Freeman MP, Freeman SA, McElroy SL, "The cormobidity of bipolar and anxiety disorders: Prevalence, psychobiology, and treatment" J Affect Disord, 68:1-23, 2002
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