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Kimberly A. Yonkers

Kimberly A. Yonkers

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83
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22868
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Overview

Kimberly A. Yonkers is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has an extensive body of work in the field of medicine, with a particular focus on public health, clinical psychology, and pediatrics. Their research portfolio spans 74 publications within medicine, including significant contributions to public health, environmental and occupational health, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, clinical psychology, general health professions, and epidemiology.

Their research emphasizes multiple key topics, such as:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Menstrual Health and Disorders
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Recent publications illustrate the range of their research interests and include:

  • Psychiatric Symptoms Across the Menstrual Cycle in Adult Women: A Comprehensive Review, 2022, Harvard Review of Psychiatry
  • "A good mother": Impact of motherhood identity on women's substance use and engagement in treatment across the lifespan, 2021, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • The Collision of Mental Health, Substance Use Disorder, and Suicide, 2021, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Mobilizing an institutional supportive response for healthcare workers and other staff in the context of COVID-19: The Yale experience, 2020, General Hospital Psychiatry
  • Management of Agitation During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020, Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Yonkers has frequently published in several venues known for their focus on psychiatry, substance use, and women's health, including:

  • Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • BMJ Open
  • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Journal of Women's Health

Collaborations form an important part of their research efforts. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ariadna Forray
  • Kathryn Gilstad-Hayden
  • Nancy Byatt
  • Renato D. Alarcón
  • Jonathan E. Alpert

Yonkers' work addresses critical intersections of mental health, substance use, and maternal health, with studies that cover both clinical and systemic aspects. Their contributions in healthcare decision-making and emergency care further underpin a multidisciplinary approach to medical research focused on improving health outcomes in vulnerable populations.

Best Publications

  • The management of depression during pregnancy: a report from the American Psychiatric Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

    Kimberly A. Yonkers;Katherine L. Wisner;Donna E. Stewart;Tim F. Oberlander

  • Influence of Psychiatric Comorbidity on Recovery and Recurrence in Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Phobia, and Panic Disorder: A 12-Year Prospective Study

    Steven E. Bruce;Kimberly A. Yonkers;Michael W. Otto;Jane L. Eisen

  • Gender differences in treatment response to sertraline versus imipramine in chronic depression.

    Susan G. Kornstein;Alan F. Schatzberg;Michael E. Thase;Kimberly A. Yonkers

  • Gender differences in chronic major and double depression.

    S.G Kornstein;A.F Schatzberg;M.E Thase;K.A Yonkers

  • Co-morbid major depression and generalized anxiety disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey follow-up

    Ronald C. Kessler;Michael Gruber;John M. Hettema;Irving Hwang

  • Management of Bipolar Disorder During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period

    Kimberly A. Yonkers;Katherine L. Wisner;Zachary Stowe;Ellen Leibenluft

  • Chronicity, relapse, and illness--course of panic disorder, social phobia, and generalized anxiety disorder: findings in men and women from 8 years of follow-up.

    Kimberly A. Yonkers;Steven E. Bruce;Ingrid R. Dyck;Martin B. Keller

  • Onset and persistence of postpartum depression in an inner-city maternal health clinic system.

    Kimberly A. Yonkers;Susan M. Ramin;A. John Rush;Carlos A. Navarrete

  • Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Evidence for a New Category for DSM-5

    C. Neill Epperson;Meir Steiner;S. Ann Hartlage;Elias Eriksson

  • Efficacy of a new low-dose oral contraceptive with drospirenone in premenstrual dysphoric disorder.

    Kimberly A. Yonkers;Candace Brown;Teri B. Pearlstein;Marie Foegh

  • Phenomenology and course of generalised anxiety disorder.

    Kimberly A. Yonkers;Meredith G. Warshaw;Ann O. Massion;Martin B. Keller

  • Factors predicting the clinical course of generalised anxiety disorder.

    Kimberly A. Yonkers;Ingrid R. Dyck;Meredith Warshaw;Martin B. Keller

  • Pregnant women with posttraumatic stress disorder and risk of preterm birth.

    Kimberly Ann Yonkers;Megan V. Smith;Ariadna Forray;C. Neill Epperson

  • Gender differences in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of psychotropic medication.

    Yonkers Ka;Kando Jc;Cole Jo;Blumenthal S

  • Treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder with a new drospirenone-containing oral contraceptive formulation

    Teri B. Pearlstein;Gloria A. Bachmann;Howard A. Zacur;Kimberly A. Yonkers

  • Symptomatic Improvement of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder With Sertraline Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Kimberly A. Yonkers;Uriel Halbreich;Ellen Freeman;Candace Brown

  • Comparative effects of nefazodone and fluoxetine on sleep in outpatients with major depressive disorder

    A.John Rush;Roseanne Armitage;J.Christian Gillin;J.Christian Gillin;Kimberly A Yonkers

  • Quality of life and dissociation in anxiety disorder patients with histories of trauma or PTSD.

    Meredith G. Warshaw;Eugene Fierman;Lisa Pratt;Molly Hunt

  • Clinical diagnostic criteria for premenstrual syndrome and guidelines for their quantification for research studies

    Uriel Halbreich;Torbjörn Bäckström;Elias Eriksson;Shawn O'brien

  • Premenstrual Disorders: An Expert Review

    Kimberly Ann Yonkers;Michael K. Simoni

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin B. Keller
Martin B. Keller Brown University
Uriel Halbreich
Uriel Halbreich University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Steve Martino
Steve Martino Yale University
Meredith G. Warshaw
Meredith G. Warshaw Brown University
Michael E. Thase
Michael E. Thase University of Pennsylvania
Ellen W. Freeman
Ellen W. Freeman University of Pennsylvania
Elias Eriksson
Elias Eriksson University of Gothenburg
Meir Steiner
Meir Steiner McMaster University
Ellen Frank
Ellen Frank University of Pittsburgh
Jean Endicott
Jean Endicott Columbia University

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