Reproductive Mental Health Services

What Is Reproductive Psychiatry/Mental Health?

Reproductive psychiatry focuses on managing mood, anxiety, and other psychiatric symptoms across key reproductive stages—pre‑menstrual, pregnancy, postpartum, infertility/loss, perimenopause, and menopause. These periods involve significant hormonal, physiological, and life style changes, and carry elevated risk for illness, requiring specialized expertise to:

• Diagnose and treat psychiatric conditions impacted by reproductive transitions
• Carefully balance treatment risks against the potential harm of untreated illness during pregnancy and breastfeeding
• Coordinate care with obstetricians, general practitioners, and established psychiatrists for collaborative support

Reproductive Mental Health Services is committed to delivering specialized, compassionate care to support mental health through reproductive transitions. We regularly collaborate with Women’s Health Services and Health Psychology at Hartford Hospital.

We specialize in two core clinical services:

Referrals and Appointment Requests

Consultative Clinic

Provider Referral Form

For those providers referring from within the Hartford Health Care System, please submit a referral via EPIC: Submit an order to AMB REFERRAL TO: Adult Behavioral Health and select ‘HH IOL INST PSY PERI'. Please indicate if the referral is for OP, IOP, or Consultative Services.

For those providers referring from the community, please submit a provider referral form and have the client call the Institute of Living’s Access Center at 850.545.7200 to schedule an initial clinical evaluation.

Patient Self-referral Form

Please note, in addition to completing this self referral form you must also complete a release of information for your long-term medication prescriber prior to scheduling an initial appointment. Thank you!

For any questions or concerns, please contact us:

• Phone: 860.545.7330
• Fax: 860.545.7288

Email: IOLPerinatalProgram@hhchealth.org

Perinatal Day Program

Provider Referral Form

For those providers referring from within the Hartford Health Care System, please submit a referral via EPIC: Submit an order to AMB REFERRAL TO: Adult Behavioral Health and select ‘HH IOL INST PSY PERI'. Please indicate if the referral is for OP, IOP, or Consultative Services.

For those providers referring from the community, please submit a provider referral form and have the client call the Institute of Living’s Access Center at 850.545.7200 to schedule an initial clinical evaluation.

Patient Self-Referral Form

Please note, in addition to completing this self referral form you must also contact the Access Center at 850.545.7200 to register for an initial appointment. Thank you!

For any questions or concerns, please contact us:

• Phone: 860.545.7090
• Fax: 860.545.7253

Email: IOLPerinatalProgram@hhchealth.org

How to contact us

• 860.545.7090 for questions related to The Perinatal Day Program

• 860.545.7330 for questions related to The Consultative Clinic