Publications, teaching, and speaking

Dr. Unverferth teaches and lectures on reproductive psychiatry across the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and postpartum, and perimenopause. Her academic work includes clinical education, curriculum development, invited presentations, and publications.

 

Highlighted Lectures

Reproductive Psychiatry Made Practical: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
American Psychiatric Association - San Francisco, CA | May 2026

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Advances in Understanding and Treatment
Santa Clara Medical Center Grand Rounds – Santa Clara, CA | May 2026

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Advances in Understanding and Treatment
Reproductive Psychiatry Trainees Interest Group – Virtual | May 2026

Women’s Mental Health Across the Lifespan: Introduction to Reproductive Psychiatry
Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine - Virtual | April 2026

Peripartum Depression: What the PCP Needs to Know
Iris Cantor UCLA Women’s Health Center - Los Angeles, California | March 2026

Perimenopausal Depression and Anxiety Course
 The Psychopharmacology Institute - Virtual | March 2026

Implementation of a Women’s Mental Health Concentration in a Psychiatry Residency Program
Marce of North America Biannual Conference - Toronto, Canada | November 2025

Neurosteroids: A Novel Treatment for Postpartum Depression
Postpartum Support International Annual Conference – New Orleans, LA | July 2025

Novel Treatments for Postpartum Depression
Santa Clara Medical Center Grand Rounds – Santa Clara, CA | June 2025

Novel Treatments for Postpartum Depression
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior Grand Rounds – Los Angeles, CA | April 2025

Postpartum Depression: Emerging Treatments
National Psychopharmacology Update – Las Vegas, NV | February 2025

Women’s Mental Health
American Medical Women’s Association Women’s Health Conference – Los Angeles, CA | October 2024

Depression in Pregnancy
UCLA-Harbor Psychiatry Grand Rounds – Virtual | February 2023

Premenstrual Exacerbation of Mood Disorders
National Curriculum for Reproductive Psychiatry (NCRP) Fellow Didactic Series – Virtual | May 2022 – May 2023

Depression in Pregnancy
National Psychopharmacology Update – Las Vegas, NV | February 2022

 

Watch Selected Lectures

National Psychopharmacology Update
Novel Treatments for Postpartum Depression

UCLA Semel Institute Grand Rounds
Novel Treatments for Postpartum Depression

National Psychopharmacology Update
Depression in Pregnancy

 
 

ONgoing Teaching

UCLA Women’s Life Center, David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA | 2022 – Present

UCLA Psychiatry Residency Lectures
Los Angeles, CA | 2019 – Present

UCLA Women’s Mental Health Concentration
Los Angeles, CA | 2024 – Present


Reproductive Psychiatry Publications

Erin Murphy-Barzilay, Katherine Unverferth and Laura Obler. “Premenstrual Mood Syndromes” in APA Textbook of Women’s Reproductive Mental Health. American Psychiatric Association. Published 2021.

Erin Murphy Barzilay and Katherine Unverferth. Premenstrual Mood Syndromes. National Curriculum for Reproductive Psychiatry. http://ncrptraining.org/learning-modules/