News Stories We're Featured In
2021
‘We Couldn’t Afford It’: Childcare Costs Are Upending Michigan Moms’ Lives. What Can Fix the Problem?
Published on The ’Gander Michigan’s Newsroom – August 30, 2021. Read article here.
There’s Only 1 Drug for Postpartum Depression. Why Does Kaiser Permanente Make It So Hard to Get?
Published on KQED – June 28, 2021 Read article here.
2020
How to Make Mom Friends During the Pandemic
Published on Motherly. Read article here.
Doctors Urge Governor to Reconsider Cuts to Maternal Mental Health Care
Heard on KQED – May 15, 2020. Read article here.
Unthinkable
Published on Mother Jones – February 19, 2020. Read article here.
She Killed Her Children. Can We Forgive Her?
Heard on KQED’s The California Report – February 6, 2020. Read article here.
2019
A Mother Seeking Help For Her Mental Health Loses Custody Of Her Children, Instead—And It’s So Wrong
Published on Motherly – October 15, 2019 Read article here.
The Maternal Mental Health Story Bank Helps Foster Connection
and it's Exactly What New Moms Need
Published on Romper – June 24, 2019. Read article here.
2018
3 Ways California Is Trying To Help New Moms Get Treatment For Depression
Published on LAist – September 27, 2018. Read article here.
Seek & Thrive: With Joy Burkhard, Founder of 2020 Mom & Mom Congress
Published on Thrive Global’s Community Section – September 23, 2018. Read article here.
How a Famous Hospital Turned Around its Low Rate of Screening Moms for Depression
Published on USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism – September 2018. Read article here.
Lawmakers Weigh Pros And Cons Of Mandatory Screening For Postpartum Depression
Heard on NPR’s Morning Edition – March 19, 2018. Read article here.
Nurse Calls Cops After Woman Seeks Help For Postpartum Depression. Right Call?
Heard on NPR’s All Things Considered – February 7, 2018. Read article here.
She Asked for Help for Postpartum Depression. The Nurse Called the Cops.
Our lack of mental–physical health care integration and abysmal postpartum support hurt parents and families.
Published on Slate – January 23, 2018. Read article here.
2016
SCV-Resident Founder of Nat’l Maternal Mental Health Coalition Honored by HHS
Joy Burkhard was honored by the U.S. Office of Health & Human Services’ Office of Women’s Health with the 2016 Women’s Health Emerging Leader Award, and Cigna also awarded her with its Volunteer of the Year Award – October 20, 2016. Read article here.