Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast
Sep 3, 2026 · 48 min · 9 segments
In this episode of the Podcast, Dr. David Puder sits down with reproductive psychiatrist Dr. Katie Unverferth, Director of the UCLA Women's Life Center and Medical Director of the UCLA Maternal Mental…
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She is the director of the UCLA Women's Life Center and medical director of the UCLA Maternal Mental Health Program.
She was chief resident in reproductive psychiatry at UCLA with Vivian Burt, who many of you might know as one of the leaders in the field, and then did a mood disorder fellowship.
Some of you may have heard the last episode we did on postpartum psychosis with Katrina Furey.
Today, we want to talk about, uh, more about ruminative depression, postpartum OCD, and the line that separates ordinary egodystonic intrusive thoughts from psychosis.
And I want to just maybe start about how common unwanted thoughts are in pregnancy for, for the majority of women.
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She is the director of the UCLA Women's Life Center and medical director of the UCLA Maternal Mental Health Program.
She was chief resident in reproductive psychiatry at UCLA with Vivian Burt, who many of you might know as one of the leaders in the field, and then did a mood disorder fellowship.
Some of you may have heard the last episode we did on postpartum psychosis with Katrina Furey.
Today, we want to talk about, uh, more about ruminative depression, postpartum OCD, and the line that separates ordinary egodystonic intrusive thoughts from psychosis.
And I want to just maybe start about how common unwanted thoughts are in pregnancy for, for the majority of women.
