Welcome to PCWBW!

By visiting this website you are demonstrating that you are a woman who cares about her emotional well-being. You have joined women across the nation in recognizing that a woman must attend to her emotional and psychological needs in order to be truly healthy. We at the Penn Center for Women's Behavioral Wellness (PCWBW) welcome you and encourage you to search this site for information regarding our clinical services, research opportunities, and how you can promote new knowledge in women's behavioral health by becoming a Patron of Change. You can use this website to keep up-to-date on the news in women's behavioral wellness and link to other important websites. You may also sign up to receive our email newsletter providing highlights of recent medical discoveries and how these findings may relate to your health and psychological well being. Again, welcome to the Penn Center for Women's Behavioral Wellness.

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Special Announcements

It is with great pleasure that we announce Dr. Epperson, Director of the Penn Center for Women’s Behavioral Wellness, as the recipient of a $3.7 million grant to study mood disorders across the female lifespan. The National Institute of Mental Health and the Office of Research on Women’s Health have jointly awarded Dr. Epperson this grant in the hopes of improving our understanding of how diseases, and affective disorders in specific, affect men and women differently. Dr. Epperson is joined by Dr. Tracy Bale, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine and Director, Neuroscience Center at the University of Pennsylvania School Of Veterinary Medicine, in founding Penn’s new Center for the Study of Sex and Gender in Behavioral Health. Together, Drs. Epperson and Bale hope to shed light on the gender differences in common mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety and somatic complaints.

Read the full article in the Philadelphia Inquirer here

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Congratulations, Dr. Sarah Mathews!

The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) is pleased to announce that Sarah Mathews, MD has successfully met the criteria and has passed the examination necessary to become a NAMS Certified Menopause Practitioner (NCMP).

Founded in 1989, NAMS is North America's leading nonprofit organization           dedicated to improving health and quality of life through an understanding of menopause.

Those who hold the NCMP certification have demonstrated special interest and competency in the field of menopause. These include physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, nurses, pharmacists, among others. We congratulate Dr. Mathews on achieving this important certification.

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Did you know...

The Department of Psychiatry ranked 12th nationally in the 2011-12 US News & World Report’s Annual Ranking of Best Hospitals for the quality of its psychiatry clinical services. The psychiatric service improved from rank 14 in 2010-11. Click here to be brought to UPenn's page in the US News Honor Roll.

Overall, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) ranked 10th nationally, continuing its presence in the survey’s “Honor Roll,” and marking the fourth consecutive year that the hospital ranked in the top ten nationwide. HUP remains the top ranked hospital for psychiatric care in the region.