Mothers and fathers experience different depressive symptom trajectories from NICU to home. Screening parents for postpartum depression during the NICU stay is likely to result in improved identification of parents at risk for postpartum depression after discharge. Focused attention on fathers appears warranted.
The MCPAP for Moms Obstetric Provider Toolkit was created to assist front-line perinatal care providers in the prevention, identification and treatment of depression, other mental health and/or substance use concerns in pregnant and postpartum women.
Pregnant people can use this action plan to see if what they are feeling is depression and anxiety during pregnancy or after birth, and if they should seek help.
Three common themes emerge: stigma occurs in community settings, healthcare settings, and comprehensive care is important to ensure appropriate support to this population. Stigma as a barrier seems to improve when women have strong social support and access to comprehensive care networks. Addressing this stigma through programs, such as peer social guidance and comprehensive health centers, may provide appropriate support to pregnant, rural women with SUD to further navigate their health needs.
The article helps others be able to understand experiences that mothers go through with perinatal depression, in order for the reader to be informed on the changes that need to be made for diagnosis, treatment, screening.
This article discusses the importance of screening for maternal mental health disorders along with ways to recognize symptoms and easily recognize when a mother is struggling with MMH.
This report describes (1) available information on the behavioral health workforce; (2) key barriers to and incentives for recruiting and retaining behavioral health provider; and (3) HHS agencies' actions to support recruiting and retaining behavioral health providers.
This article provides insight to the relationship between paternal support after a stillbirth and maternal postpartum depression or anxiety. Statistics are provided and explained to help describe the correlation between the two.
A map of the U.S. is broken up into counties to show the concentration of disadvantaged families. The article goes on to show maps of each individual state and their counties to further explain the statistics. This could be a great resource for showing relative need your proposal development work.
A table breaks down the Medicaid Developmental services by state, and lists things such as maximum number of appointments allowed, reimbursement amounts, resources available, and other requirements.