Kornstein's book receives positive review from NEJM

By Malorie Burkett

Susan Kornstein, M.D., executive director of the VCU Institute for Women's Health, and associate professor of psychiatry and obstetrics-gynecology in the School of Medicine, received a glowing review in the Oct. 31 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) for editing the new textbook, "Women's Mental Health: A Comprehensive Textbook."

Co-edited with Anita Clayton, M.D., of the University of Virginia, the book is for mental health and medical practitioners in a wide range of specialty areas. The 638-page text includes sections on women's psychobiology and reproductive life cycle, assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorders in women and women's sociocultural issues.

Reviewer Carol Nadelson, M.D., of Harvard Medical School, described the book as a must for a reference library and for any clinician interested in women's health. To read the complete review, see http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/347/18/1458.

Kornstein received her medical degree from Brown University, and completed both her residency and fellowship at VCU. She specializes in mental health issues in women, and some of her interests and expertise include topics such as infertility, depression and PMS.