| Research Interests |
| Postpartum and pregnancy depression; Psychotherapy for depression particularly in the postpartum period; Impact of maternal depression on children; Mental health services research; Women's reproductive health |
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| Representative Publications |
| O’Hara, M. W., Stuart, S., Gorman, L. L., & Wenzel, A. (2000). Efficacy of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for postpartum depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 57, 1039-1045. |
| Forman, D, O’Hara, M. W., Stuart, S., Gorman, L., Larsen, K. & Coy, K. C. (2007). Effective treatment for postpartum depression is not sufficient to improve the developing mother-child relationship. Development and Psychopathology, 19, 585-602. |
| Levy, L.B., & O'Hara, M.W. (2010). Psychotherapeutic interventions for depressed, low-income women: A review of the literature, Clinical Psychology Review, 30, 934-950. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2010.06.006. |
| Nylen, K. J., O’Hara, M. W., Brock, R., Moel, J., Gorman, L., & Stuart, S. (2010). Predictors of the longitudinal course of postpartum depression following Interpersonal Psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78, 757-763. |