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Lab Interviews, Podcasts, & Features

2024

Chicago Tribune

Coverage of our laboratory and our Am J Psychiatry paper demonstrating a high prevalence of menstrual cycle affective changes in female patients with suicidality

Menstrual cycles can affect day-to-day suicide risk, UIC study finds

Vox

More coverage of the paper.

What science is just starting to understand about periods

Book: The Cycle by Shalene Gupta

2023

American Psychological Association

How hormones and the menstrual cycle affect mental health, with Tory Eisenlohr-Moul, PhD

U.S. News and World Report

Coverage of our study demonstrating a high prevalence of menstrual cycle affective changes in female patients with suicidality

Suicide Risk May Fluctuate With the Menstrual Cycle

Fast Company

Coverage of our study demonstrating a high prevalence of menstrual cycle affective changes in female patients with suicidality

Researchers link suicidal risk with certain times of the menstrual cycle in first-of-its-kind study

Inverse

Your Menstrual Cycle May Be Influencing Your Drinking Habits

2022 and Earlier

WNYC NPR Public Radio - Brian Lehrer Show

The Toll Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder Takes | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC

The Chicago Sun Times

Can hormone stabilization keep suicidal thoughts at bay for women? UIC researchers are looking for answers.

Bustle

Symptoms Of Borderline Personality Disorder Worsen Around Your Period, According To A New Study

Dr. E’s Quotes in News/Magazine Articles

TIME

The Menstrual Mood Disorder You’ve Never Heard About

The BBC

The overlooked condition that can trigger extreme behaviour

The Chicago Sun Times

For women, the stigma of depression, anxiety can become too much to bear

Women’s Health

The Truth About Whether 'Period Brain' Really Exists

Teen Vogue

Do I Have My Period, Or Am I Just Ugly?

Bustle

A Treatment For The Most Severe Form Of PMS May Have Been Found

Romper

The Surprising Things Your Period Can Tell You About Your Mental Health

Calgary Journal

How a hindering premenstrual disorder, PMDD, is a ‘monthly hell’ for Canadian women - Calgary Journal

Refinery 29

How Severe PMS Nearly Stopped These Women’s Careers In Their Tracks

The New York Times

Fighting the Gender Stereotypes That Warp Biomedical Research (Published 2019)

CNN

Employer's paid period leave policy in Australia stirs world debate | CNN

The Cut

Every Girl I Knew Was On It

Vice

What Is PMDD and How Can I Treat It?

Book: Period by Kate Clancy

Period