Carmen Antonela Croicu, MD

Personal Statement

I am an Associate Professor in the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. I am currently on faculty at Harborview Medical Center on the inpatient psychiatry service. My specific area of expertise is in the evaluation and treatment of psychiatric disorders across the female life cycle, including psychiatric conditions through pregnancy and postpartum period. I am passionate about helping and supporting moms navigate challenges related to reproductive losses, pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. 

Education

Universitatea De Medicina Si Farmacie - Carol Davila Medical education, 1993
UW - Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship Fellowship, Psychosomatic Medicine
St. Elizabeths Hospital, DMH, SHE Residency, Psychiatry

Department Affiliations

Recent Publications

Postpartum Psychosis: A Preventable Psychiatric Emergency.
(2024 Jan)
Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ) 22(1): 44-52
Toor R, Wiese M, Croicu C, Bhat A

Content and complexity of consultations in a provider-to-provider perinatal psychiatry consultation line: A mixed methods analysis.
(2022 Nov-Dec)
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 79(): 187-188
Bhat A, Khan F, Shaikh M, Franz N, Kerlee A, Adachi J, Croicu C, Wurzel K, Cowley D

Clinical and Ethical Challenges: Managing Acute Psychosis in Pregnancy.
(2017 May-Jun)
Psychosomatics 58(3): 317-321
Croicu C, Piel J, Murray SB

Response to "Ethical and Clinical Dilemmas in Using Psychotropic Medications During Pregnancy".
(2016 Nov 1)
AMA J Ethics 18(11): 1156-1159
Piel J, Murray SB, Croicu CA

A randomized trial of collaborative depression care in obstetrics and gynecology clinics: socioeconomic disadvantage and treatment response.
(2015 Jan)
Am J Psychiatry 172(1): 32-40
Katon W, Russo J, Reed SD, Croicu CA, Ludman E, LaRocco A, Melville JL

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