(formerly the Johns Hopkins Women's Mood Disorders Center)

Clinical Director: Nicole Leistikow, M.D. 
Research Director and Clinical Psychologist: Liisa Hantsoo, Ph.D.
Therapist: Sara Daly, LCSW-C
Nurse Practitioner: Louise Opel, NP 

Johns Hopkins Reproductive Mental Health Center 
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
550 North Broadway, Suite 308
Baltimore, MD 21205

Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Phone: 410-502-7449 / Fax 410-502-3755
Email: [email protected]

What is Reproductive Psychiatry?

Reproductive psychiatry is a sub-specialty of general psychiatry that focuses on the unique mental health needs and treatment of people who have psychiatric symptoms related to reproductive cycle transitions. Reproductive psychiatrists are experts in the diagnosis and management of mood and anxiety symptoms that occur around the menstrual cycle, across pregnancy and in the postpartum, and during the perimenopausal years. Our clinic focuses on providing evaluations to help patients (and their providers) understand the cause of these symptoms and use evidence-based approaches to manage symptoms appropriately.

Johns Hopkins Reproductive Mental Health Center was established:

• to provide expert evaluation and treatment of people who suffer from reproductive psychiatric symptoms
• to further research in reproductive psychiatry
• to provide advanced training to providers in reproductive psychiatry

What services are offered at the Johns Hopkins Reproductive Mental Health Center?

We provide clinical evaluation, treatment, and research studies to address the needs of people with reproductive psychiatric symptoms. Our clinical evaluations begin with an interview and typically lasts two hours. Our experienced clinic consult staff will provide you and/or your providers with our treatment recommendations.

Services

• Pre-pregnancy Consultation
  for people with psychiatric diagnoses or symptoms who wish to conceive and are seeking information on managing their symptoms and/or medications in preparation for pregnancy. This may include people undergoing infertility treatment.
• Pregnancy/Postpartum Evaluation and Treatment
  for people with psychiatric symptoms occurring during pregnancy or the postpartum who are seeking care during this period.
• Menstrual Cycle-Related Symptom Consultation
  for people with menstrual cycle-related mood and anxiety symptoms seeking advice and information on managing their symptoms.
• Perimenopausal Consultation
  for people with perimenopause related mood and anxiety symptoms seeking advice and information on managing their symptoms.
• Perinatal Sleep Planning
  for pregnant or postpartum patients who have mental health treatment but are looking to add expert advice focused on improving sleep during this challenging time.

Clinic Evaluation Staff

• Nicole Leistikow, M.D. 
• Louise Opel, NP

Note: The Johns Hopkins Reproductive Mental Health Center is a teaching clinic. Your appointment may be completed by one of our resident physicians; in these cases, the resident physician will collect most of your information but you will also see an attending physician at the end of your appointment. 

Request an Appointment

To request an appointment, please call 410-502-7449 between 9am and 4:30pm to verify that we accept your insurance, to let us know what kind of services you are seeking, to receive the correct  clinical information form to fill out, and to find out about our current availability. After reviewing your initial paperwork, we will determine if our clinic is appropriate for your needs.

Research

We are also actively recruiting participants for ongoing research studies. The combination of research with clinical practice keeps our clinicians up to date with evidence-based and high-quality practices. Learn more about ongoing studies.