Swartz, Karen L., M.D.

Associate Professor Director, Mood Disorders Consultation Clinic Director, Mood Disorders Clinical Programs Director, Mood Disorders Day Hospital Program Co-Director, Women's Mood Disorders Center Director, Adolescent Depression Awareness Program Main Office Address Meyer 3-181 The Johns Hopkins Hospital 600 North Wolfe St. Baltimore, MD 21287-5371 Phone: 410-955-0518 Fax: 410-955-0152 E-mail: kswartz@jhmi.edu

Education

Professional Interests

Mood disorders with a particular interest in women's health. Also interested in resident, medical student and community education. Principal investigator of the Adolescent Depression Awareness Program which educates high school students, teachers and parents about teenage depression.

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Selected Publications

Swartz KL. (2003) Psychiatric Disorders Through a Woman's Lifespan: Introduction. International Review of Psychiatry, 15:203-204. 

Redgrave GW, Swartz KL, Romanoski AJ. (2003) Alcohol misuse by women. International Review of Psychiatry, 15:256-268. 

Swartz, Karen L. and Simeon Margolis, (2003) The Johns Hopkins White Papers: Depression and Anxiety. Medletter Associates, Inc. New York, NY. 

Swartz KL, Pratt LA, Armenian HK, Lee LC, Eaton WW. (2000) Mental Disorders and Migraine Headaches in a Community Sample:Results from the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area Follow-up Study. Archives of General Psychiatry, 57:945-950.