Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Training: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2010
- Postdoctoral Training: George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2009
- PhD: Clinical Psychology: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2007
- MS: Clinical Psychology: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2003
- BS: Psychology: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1995
Areas of Clinical Interest
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Research Interests
The aims of my research program are to advance the identification and treatment of perinatal mood disorders with the goal to both address maternal suffering and ameliorate risk of intergenerational risk transmission of psychopathology to offspring. Specifically, I am interested in developing psychosocial interventions for perinatal depression that are not only effective in reducing depressive symptoms in mothers, but also in preventing adverse infant outcomes. A key area of focus is on women from impoverished backgrounds where there are substantial barriers to health care and high risks of abuse and neglect of infants and young children.
Key Publications
- Lenze SN, Potts MA, Rodgers J, Luby JL (in press). Lessons learned from a pilot randomized controlled trial of dyadic interpersonal psychotherapy for perinatal depression in a low-income population. J Affect Dis.
- Lenze SN, Potts MA, (2017 Mar). Brief Interpersonal Psychotherapy for depression during pregnancy in a low-income population: A randomized controlled trial. J Affect Disord. 210: 151-157.
Read publication »Brief Interpersonal Psychotherapy for depression during pregnancy in a low-income population: A randomized controlled trial. - Lenze SN, Rodgers J, Luby J (2015 Jun). A pilot, exploratory report on dyadic interpersonal psychotherapy for perinatal depression. Arch Womens Ment Health. 18(3): 485-91.
Read publication »A pilot, exploratory report on dyadic interpersonal psychotherapy for perinatal depression. - Rogers CE, Lenze SN, Luby JL (2013 Mar). Late preterm birth, maternal depression, and risk of preschool psychiatric disorders. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 52(3): 309-18.
Read publication »Late preterm birth, maternal depression, and risk of preschool psychiatric disorders. - Lenze SN, Pautsch J, Luby J (2011 Feb). Parent-child interaction therapy emotion development: a novel treatment for depression in preschool children. Depress Anxiety. 28(2): 153-9.
Read publication »Parent-child interaction therapy emotion development: a novel treatment for depression in preschool children. - Lenze SN, Cyranowski JM, Thompson WK, Anderson B, Frank E (2008 Dec). The cumulative impact of nonsevere life events predicts depression recurrence during maintenance treatment with interpersonal psychotherapy. J Consult Clin Psychol. 76(6): 979-87.
Read publication »The cumulative impact of nonsevere life events predicts depression recurrence during maintenance treatment with interpersonal psychotherapy.
Funded Research Projects
NIMH(PI):Perinatal Depression: Dyadic-IPT to Improve Health of Mother and Baby
McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience (PI): Baby on the Brain: Neurobiological Mechanisms of Parenting in Postpartum Depression
BJHF/ICTS (PI): Improving Perinatal Depression Outcomes with Mobile Technology