About Kimberly Ann Yonkers, MD

Kimberly Ann Yonkers, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and director of Yale's PMS, Perinatal, & Postpartum Research Program, has spent her career exploring effective treatments for premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and a more severe form of PMS known as premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). She is also one of the foremost authorities on postpartum depression and depression during pregnancy, publishing numerous articles and conducting treatment trials in this area.

Although Dr. Yonkers does not see private patients, there are opportunities for women in Connecticut who suffer from premenstrual symptoms, postpartum depression and stress during pregnancy to get help within one of her research studies.

Dr. Yonkers' Bio:
 

Dr. Kimberly Yonkers received her BA from Amherst College in 1979 and her MD from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1986.  After completing her residency in psychiatry at McLean Hospital, she completed a Fellowship in neuroscience at Harvard University. After serving as Associate Professor at in Departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, she joined the faculty of Yale University School of Medicine in 1999 and has since served as Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. 

Dr. Yonkers is nationally recognized as a leader in the area of treatment of mood disorders surrounding pregnancy and the menstrual cycle. Dr. Yonkers' research interests center on women's health issues especially the intersection between psychiatry and obstetrics and gynecology.  She is currently exploring effective treatment options for premenstrual dysphoric disorder and investigating the impact that psychiatric illnesses (mood, anxiety and substance use disorders) have on birth outcomes such as preterm delivery and low birth weight.

Dr. Yonkers is author of Depression in Women and coeditor of Mood Disorders in Women and Management of Psychiatric Illness in Pregnancy. Her articles have been published in professional journals, including Journal of the American Medicine Association, Journal of Psychiatric Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Sleep, and The American Journal of Psychiatry.