Past Webinars
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Maternal Suicide in the U.S., The Latest Research & Data Collection Efforts
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Maternal suicide is a leading cause of maternal mortality. Despite common misconceptions, pregnancy and the postpartum period do not protect against the risk of psychiatric disorders or suicide. It has become increasingly urgent and important to normalize the discussion of maternal suicide to raise awareness and double-down on maternal suicide tracking and prevention efforts. In this webinar, we will cover:
A general overview of maternal suicide research and data collection in the U.S.
The difference between suicide risk and suicidal ideation, including racial disparities
Maternal suicide risk factors
Efforts to Standardize Review by Maternal Mortality Review Committees
PRESENTERS:
Sidra Goldman-Mellor, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Lead Investigator, Maternal drug-related death and suicide are leading causes of post-partum death in California
Associate Professor of Public Health
School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts
Director, HSRI Biostatistics and Data Support
University of California, Merced
Marcela Smid, MD MA MS
Lead Investigator: Pregnancy-Associated Death in Utah: Contribution of Drug-Induced Deaths
Assistant Professor, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Utah
Medical Director of SUPeRAD (Substance Use and Pregnancy - Recovery, Addiction, Dependence) Clinic
Kara Zivin, PhD, MS, MA, MFA
Researcher and Peer with Lived Maternal Mental Health Experience
Lead Investigator, Trends in Suicidal Ideation and Self-Harm Among Privately Insured Delivering Women
Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Health Management and Policy/Public Health
University of Michigan
Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center
Institute for Social Research
Research Career Scientist, Center for Clinical Management Research (CCMR),
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
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Recruiting, Funding, and Training an Effective and Innovative Maternal Behavioral Health Workforce
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
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Webinar slides, speaker biographies, agenda
View the ASTHO-AMCHP national webinar to hear from subject matter experts, including our Executive Director, Joy Burkhard, on effective and innovative strategies for building the maternal behavioral health workforce. This webinar highlights best practices in behavioral health workforce recruitment and retention, discusses traditional and non-traditional funding sources for maternal behavioral health, and shares innovative models and programs that address maternal behavioral health.
Maternal Mental Health: The First ACE
Wednesday, June 3, 2021
Maternal mental health can be thought of as the “first ACE” (adverse childhood experience) which then cascades into physical and mental illness in the child and family for generations, playing a role in the perinatal physical health outcomes of both moms and their babies. View 2020 Mom and Jonathan Goldfinger, MD in a discussion that focuses on how doctors can address this in their scope of practice and how CA’s Surgeon General has prioritized ACE screening. Amanda Winn from HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) joined us as well with the research explaining why PACEs is the newly adopted term in the ACEs movement.
A Conversation for Change: What Medicaid Agencies and Managed Care Organizations can do to Close Gaps in Maternal Mental Health
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Webinar slides link
Advancing Medicaid Maternal Health: Opportunities for Medicaid Stakeholders link
Report: Advancing Equity in Maternal Mental Health: Strategies for State Medicaid Programs link
CLASP, the Institute for Medicaid Innovation and 2020 Mom took a deep dive into how state Medicaid agencies and Managed Care Organizations can address Maternal Mental Health. The webinar featured a discussion of CLASP’s Advancing Equity in Maternal Mental Health Report and takeaways that can be applied by state agencies or health plans.
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2020 Mom and our partner, Zero Suicide Institute, learned and discussed the national Zero Suicide framework, a system-wide, organizational commitment to safer suicide care in health and behavioral health care systems.
The framework is based on the realization that suicidal individuals often fall through the cracks in a sometimes fragmented and distracted health care system. A systematic approach to quality improvement in these settings is both available and necessary.
Inspired by health care systems that had seen dramatic reductions in patient suicide, the Zero Suicide began as a key concept of the 2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention and quickly became a priority of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance), and a project of Education Development Center's Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC), supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
The U.S. health delivery system was already struggling to effectively address and prevent suicide, now with pandemic stressors expected to increase suicide rates, health systems can take action by adopting the Zero Suicide framework and tools.
Moderator:
Joy Burkhard, MBA
Executive Director, 2020 Mom
Panelists:
Julie Goldstein
Director, Zero Suicide Institute
Edwin Boudreaux, PhD
Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, and Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Motherhood on the Brink:
COVID’S CAREGIVING CRISIS & MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH
Virtual Congressional Briefing
Hosted by:
Presenters:
SUSANNA TROST, MPH
Maternal Suicide Stats
CDC Maternal Mortality Prevention Team, Division of Reproductive Health
JENNIFER BEAUREGARD, PhD
CDC Maternal Mortality Prevention Team, Division of Reproductive Health
MARY CLAIRE KIMMEL, MD
Maternal Mental Health
Suicide Nuances
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
KAREN TABB DINA, PhD
Differences in Maternal Suicidal
Thoughts in BIPOC Community
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
RACHAEL KENTER, MPH, CHES
Upstream Prevention
& Zero Suicide Initiative
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
SHYE LOUIS, M.Ed.
Crisis Prevention
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
In this webinar, we covered the latest on suicide prevention and facts about maternal suicide, including:
A general overview of suicide and COVID related increases
Maternal mental health statistics including maternal suicide
General crisis prevention efforts
Suicide prevention efforts
Using Certified Peer Specialists to Prevent and Combat MMH Disorders
2020 Mom and Mental Health America (MHA)
Thursday, July 30, 2020
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Catalyzing Mental Health Support For Moms Through Specialized Peer Support Training
Maternal mental health disorders impact up to 1 in 5 women, yet most never receive a diagnosis or treatment and support. Certified peer support provided by trained peer specialists is a proven model for addressing mental health conditions.
Listen to our discussion of the findings from a peer support pilot exploring whether existing and evidence-based mental health certified peer specialist training could be leveraged to support women with maternal mental health disorders.
In this webinar, we discuss why certified peer specialists supporting maternal mental health will provide a much needed new frontier in care, including:
Augmenting maternal mental health provider shortages,
Offering women support in a manner that meets them where they are,
Providing clinics and health systems who bill Medicaid an opportunity to integrate mental health peer support
Providing women who have recovered (or managing chronic depression and anxiety) and are eager to ‘give back,’ a career opportunity
Give support to those at risk and to those who are already suffering.
Shades of Blue Project Virtual Congressional Briefing
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Webinar link
Topic: Bridging the Gaps in Maternal Mental Health for Black Mothers
In Coordination With: Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust and Black Maternal Health Caucus
Sponsored By: 2020 Mom
Hosted By: Shades of Blue Project
Co-Hosted By: Black Mamas Matter Alliance, 2020 Mom, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, National Alliance on Mental Illness, and the American Psychological Association
Briefing Description: Statistics show that Black women in the U.S. are 3x – 5x as likely to die from a pregnancy-related causes than their white counterparts. Missing from the equation is how these same women experience a maternal mental health complication after their adverse maternal outcome. This briefing will explore the perspectives/experiences of Black women to reduce these adverse mental health outcomes.
Advancing Racial Equity in Maternal Mental Health Policy
May 21, 2020
During this webinar, Shiva Sethi of CLASP will provide an overview of and answer questions about his report, Advancing Racial Equity in Maternal Mental Health Policy. The report discusses racial inequities in maternal mental health, factors that have led to those inequities, and key strategies that policymakers can use to fight those inequities based on successes across the country. View report.
Mothers and Babies Course Training
February 11, 2020
This training was originally designed as a 12-week face-to-face group for postpartum depression prevention for ethnically diverse, low-income perinatal women.
The MB Model is based on a cognitive-behavioral framework and incorporates concepts from social learning theory, reality management training, attachment theory, and socio-cultural issues relevant to culturally diverse pregnant women. One of the primary goals is to teach women skills to manage changes in how they feel during and after pregnancy, and to build healthy relationships with their children. This model is recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force as an example of a preventive intervention which should be covered by health insurers.
This training is best suited for mental health and service providers who work with perinatal women.
Webinar Overview: Many questions about the model are addressed in our recent webinar Overview of Mothers and Babies PPD Prevention Model.
Presenter:
Alinne Barrera, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Palo Alto University
2020 Mom Board Member
You can read more about Alinne’s work here.
The Federal and State Maternal Mental Health Policy Network
Joy Burkhard, Executive Director of 2020 Mom, reviews the state of maternal mental health policy in the U.S. This includes an overview of state and federal policy (including the US Preventive Services Taskforce Positions) as well as the provider trade association positions on maternal mental health.
California Maternal Mental Health Law Overview and Tools for Providers and Hospitals
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California Legislative Overview slides
Learn about California’s comprehensive maternal mental health laws (including the screening mandate and insurer support law AB 2193 effective 7/1/19) and the tools available to help providers comply and patients to report concerns.
Please use the code CAMMH to receive your discount from our sponsor, www.MomsWell.org, a one-stop-shop for screening, referral, billing and integration with electronic medical records.
The Mothers and Babies aka Mamás y Bebés (MB) Support Group and 1:1 Model of Care program
August 8, 2019
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The program was designed as a 12 week face-to-face support group using a cognitive-behavioral framework, which can also be used as the basis for one-on-one counseling. The model is effective in treating and preventing maternal depression in high risk populations as referenced by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Learn more about our innovation award program, the past award winners and view their informative webinars here.
An Overview of California's MMH Strategic Plan
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Handouts:
CA Task force report
Evaluation
2017-2018 State and Federal MMH Policy Platforms
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Handouts:
Florida sb138. hb937 fact sheet
2017 legislative recommendations
We host quarterly Maternal Mental Health 101 webinars, here's one such recorded session.
Maternal Mental Health 101
Webinar link
Models that Made It: Postpartum Support Virginia's Peer+Provider Lead Support Groups
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Handout:
Support Group Model PS Virginia
Providers and MMH Education: The New Frontier
Webinar link
Handouts:
Report-CATaskForce-4.11.17
2017_Nagle-Yang
2017_letter to edi AWMH
SB0074_Ch6_2015-Task-Force-to-Study-Maternal-Mental-Health-Final-Report-w-Cover-Letter-and-Appendices
Postpartum Depression the #1 Complication of Pregnancy: What Employers Can do to Help Their Families
Webinar link
Maternal Mental Health Disorders – What all Employers Should Know
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Webinar slides
Review the attached powerpoint deck to learn more about MMH disorders and also what employers and business groups on health can do to improve outcomes.