Laura J. Miller, M.D., is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is the Associate Head and Director of Clinical Services of the Department of Psychiatry. She is the Director of the UIC Women’s Mental Health Program, a program that won the American Psychiatric Association’s Gold Achievement Award for innovative mental health services and the American College of Psychiatrists’ Award for Creativity in Psychiatric Education. She also heads the UIC Peripartum Mental Health Project. She graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in Psychology, then from Harvard Medical School. She completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Michael Reese Hospital, and a residency in Psychiatry at the University of Chicago. She has published over 60 articles and book chapters, mostly in the area of women’s mental health, and edited the book Postpartum Mood Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Press. She has served on national expert panels for creating guidelines and reports on screening, assessment and treatment of perinatal mood disorders.

Representative Publications

Miller LJ, Flanagan T, Ghadiali N, Gupta R: Psychiatric disorders across the female reproductive cycle. Directions in Psychiatry 27:241-255, 2007

Miller LJ, Daniels-Brady C: Depression during perimenopause. Menopause Management Sept/Oct:10-16, 2005

Miller LJ, Cirino NH, Dresner N: Anxiety disorders in women. Psychiatric Update 24(9):1-9, 2004

Miller LJ: Postpartum depression. In World Book Encyclopedia, 2004 Edition and World Book Online Encyclopedia. World Book Publishing, 2004, pp. 709-710

Miller LJ, Wiegartz P: Posttraumatic stress disorder: how to meet women’s specific needs. Current Psychiatry 2:25-26 & 35-39, 2003

Miller LJ: Psychiatric disorders and the menstrual cycle. In Stotland NL, ed., Cutting-Edge Medicine: What Psychiatrists Need to Know. Review of Psychiatry, Volume 21. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 2002, pp. 113-136

Miller LJ: Postpartum depression. JAMA 287:762-765, 2002

Miller LJ: Psychopharmacology and women. Drug Benefit Trends 13:6-11, 2001

Miller Miller LJ: Psychiatric disorders during pregnancy. In Stotland NL, Stewart DE ,eds., Psychological Aspects of Women’s Health Care: The Interface Between Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Second Edition. American Psychiatric Press, 2000, pp. 51 - 66

Miller LJ, editor: Postpartum Mood Disorders. Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Press, 1999, 262 pp.