Women's Mental Health Program - UW Madison

09/18/2024

PTSD Research Study Participation for Mothers

The Women's Mental Health Program at the UW Department of Psychiatry is still looking for women age 25 or older who have or do not have symptoms of PTSD and a 6-8 year old daughter to participate in a research study.

Participation includes clinical interviews and questionnaires about mental health and behavior of both mother and child. You and your daughter will have the opportunity to complete study activities at UW-Psychiatry, or you may have the opportunity to complete study activities while undergoing an MRI scan. The study will provide up to $150 for participation at UW-Psychiatry, or up to $275 for participation in the MRI scan. Participation will be over the course of two study visits, totaling about six hours.

Please contact the Women’s Mental Health Program at 608-265-0767 or womensmentalhealth@psychiatry.wisc.edu for more information and to see if you qualify for participation.

05/21/2024

Participate in Research on Pregnancy, Motherhood, and Learning

The Women’s Mental Health Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking participants that are pregnant or up to 3 months post-pregnancy for a research study related to emotions, mental health, and learning in pregnancy and postpartum period.

Participants will complete 1 phone interview to determine eligibility for this study. The study involves 2 visits on different days, the first lasting between 1-2 hours, and the second lasting between 30-60 minutes (1.5-3 hours in total). Research activities will take place at the UW-Madison Department of Psychiatry, virtually, or a combination of both. Participants will be compensated up to $50 for completing the study.

For more information, please email the Women’s Mental Health Program at womensmentalhealth@psychiatry.wisc.edu or call us at (608)-265-0767.

01/04/2024

PTSD Research Study Participation for Mothers

The UW Department of Psychiatry is still looking for 25-45 year old women who have or do not have symptoms of PTSD and a 6-8 year old daughter to participate in a research study.

Participation includes clinical interviews and questionnaires about mental health and behavior of both mother and child. If eligible, participants may be asked to participate in an MRI instead of behavioral tasks at WisPIC. Participants will receive up to $150 for completion of study visits and behavioral tasks at WisPIC, OR up to $275 for completion of study visits and the MRI session.

Please contact the Women’s Mental Health Program at 608-265-0767 or womensmentalhealth@psychiatry.wisc.edu for more information and to see if you qualify for participation.

11/15/2022

Welcome to the Women's Mental Health Program! WHMP is dedicated to supporting expecting mothers through pregnancy and during the early years of life of her child. At the WMHP, we hope to better understand transgenerational effects of maternal psychopathology and trauma on the behavioral development, neural circuitry, and vulnerability to stress of her child.

11/14/2022

The Women's Mental Health Program is looking for 25-45 year old women who have or do not have symptoms of PTSD and a 6-8 year old daughter to participate in a research study.

Participation includes clinical interviews and questionnaires about mental health and behavior of both mother and child. The study will provide up to $150 for participation in 2 research sessions, totaling about 6 hours of participation.

Please contact the Women’s Mental Health Program at 608-265-0767 or womensmentalhealth@psychiatry.wisc.edu for more information and to see if you qualify for participation.

01/29/2020

Interested in participating in our Stress in Pregnancy study? Please see our Craigslist ad for more information!

Interested in participating in our Stress in Pregnancy study? The purpose of this research study...

01/28/2020

We are seeking participants for our neuroimaging study for mothers and their daughters! Please see our Craiglist ad below for more information.

The UW Department of Psychiatry is looking for 25-45 year old women who have or do not have symptoms of PTSD and a 6-8 year old daughter to participate in a research study. Participation includes...

11/20/2019

We are continuing to seek participants to enroll in our Stress in Pregnancy study! Please visit our Craigslist posting (linked) if you or a friend might be interested in participating.

Purpose of the Study: To study the risk for problems in an infant's development born to women who are under stress.About the Research Study: - Volunteers can earn compensation for participating. -...