Kathy Hegadoren
nursing
University of Alaska
Canada
Biography
Degrees Nursing Diploma, Royal Alexandra Hospital (1971) BScN, University of Alberta (1987) MSc in Psychiatry (Neurochemistry), Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta (1990) PhD in Medical Sciences (Psychiatry), University of Alberta (1995) Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta (1996) Clinical and teaching areas Clinical Nurse Specialist - psychiatry Advanced Practice in Mental Health Neurobiology and neuropsychopharmacology Gender issues in mental health/psychiatry Stress and Women's Health Drug metabolism Pharmacotherapeutics.
Research Interest
Women and stress disorders Gender differences in psychiatric treatment response Role of stress and stress hormones in etiology of mood and anxiety disorders Childhood interpersonal trauma and adaptation Posttraumatic stress syndromes Impact of violence experiences on women’s health Perinatal mental health.
Publications
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Mortality from cervical cancer 1996-2011 in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
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Mothering in the wake of childhood violence experiences.
