Dr. Judythe Schott Mckay, MD

Dr. McKay is a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist who specializes in Mood disorders during pregnancy and postpartum. Additionally, she works with children age 6 and under. Before coming to Asheville, Dr. McKay ran a "Perinatal Mood Disorder Clinic" in the Department of Neuropsychiatry at the University of South Carolina, School of Medicine for women who wanted to become pregnant, were pregnant or were postpartum. Because perinatal mood disorders affect the whole family, she has developed a Perinatal Mood Disorder Team at Pisgah Institute. The team works with the mother, father, and infant relationship as well as treating the mother. Since fathers can experience postpartum depression or worsening of a current mood disorder after a baby is born, Dr. McKay also treats fathers having problems during the postpartum period. She has completed a Zero-To-Three Fellowship that focuses on working with young children.