Cynthia Battle

About

Cynthia Battle is a clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Her academic background includes a bachelor's degree from Vassar College, and both her master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She initially came to Brown to complete her predoctoral internship and continued her training through an NIMH postdoctoral fellowship focused on treatment development research. Her research primarily concentrates on mood disorders among perinatal women, including perinatal depression, postpartum depression, and women's mental health. Additional research interests include perinatal substance use, anxiety, and the development of interventions such as physical activity programs and yoga during pregnancy and postpartum. Her work is based at both Butler and Women & Infants' Hospitals, and she has served as principal investigator or co-investigator on numerous NIH research grants. Her contributions include advancing understanding and treatment of perinatal mental health issues, developing innovative intervention strategies, and exploring factors affecting maternal-infant bonding and mental health during the perinatal period.

Research topics

• Psychology
• Medicine
• Clinical psychology
• Developmental psychology
• Psychiatry

Selected publications

• The effect of digital health interventions on postpartum depression or anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2023-06-15 · 63 citations

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• Stress, coping and silver linings: How depressed perinatal women experienced the COVID-19 pandemic

  Journal of Affective Disorders · 2021 · 22 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding
  DOI

• Ecological momentary assessment of postpartum outcomes in mothers of multiples: lower maternal-infant bonding, higher stress, and more disrupted sleep

  Archives of Women s Mental Health · 2023-04-28 · 10 citations

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  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• A lifestyle physical activity intervention for women in alcohol treatment: A pilot randomized controlled trial

  Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment · 2024-05-15 · 7 citations

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• Association between potentially traumatic birthing experience and worsening postpartum depression or anxiety trajectories among participants in perinatal collaborative care model

  American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM · 2024-06-27 · 5 citations

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  PublisherOA PDFDOI

Recent grants

• NIH Grant R34MH085053

  NIH · $569k · 2014

• NIH Grant R34MH079108

  NIH · $594k · 2012

• NIH Grant K23MH066402

  NIH · $887k · 2008

Frequent coauthors

• Ana M. Abrantes

  190 shared

• Ivan W. Miller

  Brown University

  116 shared

• Lisa A. Uebelacker

  Butler Hospital

  107 shared

• Margaret Howard

  92 shared

• Michael D. Stein

  Boston University

  72 shared

• Claire E. Blevins

  Providence College

  50 shared

• Susan J. Wenze

  Lafayette College

  49 shared

• Caron Zlotnick

  49 shared

Labs

• Cynthia Battle LabPI

Education

• B.A.

  Vassar College

• M.S.

  University of Massachusetts Amherst

• Ph.D.

  University of Massachusetts Amherst

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