2020 Mom is a national maternal mental health non-profit organization aggressively closing gaps in maternal mental health care.
Founded in 2011, we have studied the root causes and barriers to diagnosis and treatment, and we advance maternal mental health policy and practice solutions. We center the experience of mothers in all that we do.
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In this issue, articles covering solutions for addressing long-standing health inequities are proposed, two new treatments are discussed and as well as cost as a significant barrier to health in the U.S. both perinatal women and men generally. Also in this issue are conflicting findings about whether patients are finding more in-network behavioral health providers. My take (and personal experience) is that they are, through virtual behavioral health companies that are contracting with insurers, like Happier Living and other virtual provider network companies.
At the urging of health care leaders, like 2020 Mom, and with funding from the California Health Care Foundation and the ZOMA Foundation, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) developed two measures for health insurance plans to monitor how often screening and follow up for maternal depression is occurring in the U.S.
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This edition of What We’re Reading covers the role of obstetricians as the primary medical home during the perinatal period and addresses the role OBs can begin to play on children's brains noting “Obstetrics is primed for the shift that is happening in pediatrics, which is moving from its traditional focus on physical health to a coordinated, whole-child, 2- or multigeneration approach.”