Making mentalhealth a regular part of maternal care can better serve mothers, their newborns, and their families.
to receive any kind of screening or treatment for PMADs.) In May, MMHN led the launch of a new program called “Improving Outcomes,” with funding from LA Care and Cedars Community Benefit Giving Office. Accortt is the site investigator for the program at Cedars. Medical staff are trained to provide culturally-sensitive treatment to black female patients and their families. So far, approximately 100 Cedars OB-GYNs, nurses, and social workers have been trained.
.” They may feel sad or anxious, or have trouble sleeping or eating. This is a normal process that comes with adjusting to being a mom, and it usually goes away by itself within two to three weeks. But there is a chance that screenings like the PHQ-9 or EPDS may confuse it for postpartum depression. That’s why Davoudian argues for “ongoing assessment” to “get a sense of what this patient’s baseline is.
PMADS are common, says Davoudian, “and women should not experience shame about the fact that they do have some dread or some sadness about having a child.” Screening—and screening with sensitivity—“gets us talking about PMADs in the same way that we talk about hemorrhoids, in the same way that we talk about mastitis, or vaginal tears,” says Accortt. “We need to normalize it.”The tide is shifting towards mental health screening as a tool to promote resilient pregnancies.
Once someone gets a diagnosis, they can pursue treatment like cognitive behavioral therapy or specialized care. Unfortunately, however, that is still not very common; currently,
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