Lindsay R. Standeven, MD

Dr. Lindsay R. Standeven is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and works for the Women’s Behavioral Health at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. After completing her residency training at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Standeven completed a two-year research and clinical fellowship specializing in reproductive psychiatry. Dr. Standeven spent the earlier part of her career on the faculty at Johns Hopkins, serving as the clinical and education director for the Johns Hopkins Reproductive Mental Health Center, where she oversaw clinical staff and taught psychiatry residents in reproductive psychiatry. She is passionate about teaching and advocacy in women’s mental health and serves as a member of the National Curriculum in Reproductive Psychiatry, where she helped spearhead a training program in women’s mental health for psychiatrists across the country. Her research focuses on the role of neurosteroid changes in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. She has also received NIH funding to study the role of neurosteroids in the psychiatric symptoms of women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Her clinical expertise is in helping individuals struggling with mood-related changes due to pregnancy, postpartum, infertility, reproductive loss, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, premenstrual syndrome, and perimenopause.