Research & Articles
For Moms:
CDC's Overview of Depression Among Women of Reproductive Age
Care Kits for mom that include important info about baby, hospital bag checklist and birth plan details with maternal mental health in mind.
Healthy Pregnancy Resources - International Forum for Wellbeing in Pregnancy
Community-Based Doulas and Midwives - Center for American Progress
For Providers:
Approaches to health-care provider education and professional development in perinatal depression: a systematic review Laura E. Legere, Katherine Wallace, Angela Bowen, Karen McQueen, Phyllis Montgomery and Marilyn Evans 2017
(2009) - In this video, Dr. Edward Tronick demonstrates the effects of mother's mental health on the infant.
Vitamin D – a novel role in pregnancy - By Chander P. Arora, C.J. Hobel, January 2010
Onset Timing, Thoughts of Self-harm, and Diagnoses in Postpartum Women With Screen-Positive Depression Findings By Katherine L. Wisner, MD, MS, March 2013
A Holistic Approach Gives the Mind Its DueBy John Morrissey, March April 2013
Postpartum Psychosis: Detection of Risk and Management By Margaret G. Spinelli, M.D., April 2009
The Happiest Baby (THB) Scientific Overview THB is based on the concept that newborns are not fully readyafter 9-months gestation and they need a virtual 4th trimester of frequent holding, rocking, feeding, etc.
Inconsolable Infant Crying and Maternal Postpartum Depressive Symptoms American Academy of Pediatrics, May 6, 2013
Evidence Based Primary Care Practice Based Screening and Treatment (TRIPPD)
Care Kits to give to moms that include important info about baby, hospital bag checklist and birth plan details with maternal mental health in mind.
The Council for Psychological Training in Assessment and Treatment of Persons with SMI/SED (www.psychtrainingsmi.com) provides training, tools and research for clinicians working with people with serious mental health disorders (SMI) and those with emerging severe emotional disturbances (SED) and provides information on these disorders to the general public.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Summary & Effects: ACE Fact Sheet
Community-Based Doulas and Midwives - Center for American Progress
For Insurers:
AHRQ Background Paper on Screening for Postpartum Depression
Financing Strategies for Medicaid Enrollee Screening via Pediatric Providers
Community-Based Doulas and Midwives - Center for American Progress
For Hospitals:
For Communities:
Efficacy of a Maternal Depression Prevention Strategy in Head Start A Randomized Clinical Trial
Opportunities and Challenges in Addressing Maternal Depression in Community Settings
World Health Organization: Prevention of Mental Disorders Report (2004)
Postpartum Depression: A Chronicle of Health Policy Development By Saralee Glasser, MA2010
Zero to Three Research to Policy Project:Maternal Depression and Early Childhood FULL REPORT
Community-Based Doulas and Midwives - Center for American Progress