Dr. Leslie Rokoske: Women’s Mental Health · Anxiety, Depression, OCD & ADHD
Leslie Rokoske, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist with more than three decades of practice, specializing in women’s mental health throughout the lifecycle. Early in her career, she worked in community mental health, treating adults with severe mental illness. She later developed expertise in treating anxiety and related disorders, especially as they appear in women during key periods of hormonal change: premenstrual, pregnancy and postpartum, and perimenopause and menopause. She primarily treats anxiety disorders (OCD, GAD, and panic), mild to moderate mood disorders (depression and cyclothymia), and ADHD. She is accepting new patients.
After a gap year as an AFS exchange student in France, Dr. Rokoske graduated cum laude from Georgetown University with degrees in biology and English, then attended medical school at Duke University. She completed her residency in Adult Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The George Washington University, where she served as inpatient chief resident. She remains affiliated with GW as an assistant professor on its volunteer clinical faculty.
Raising three children, including twins, was integral to her growth as a psychiatrist and deepened her understanding of her patients’ complex lives. She finds life outside of medicine (exercise, writing, travel) equally important to a balanced life, and encourages patients to build those activities into managing their own mental health.
Specialties
- General Psychiatry Services (Adults)
- Women’s Mental Health