We are dedicated to helping new and expectant moms and their families overcome postpartum depression and other
perinatal mood and anxiety disorders by offering information, resources, support and hope.
Our mission and vision to support professionals and families of color
around perinatal mood and anxiety disorders align with PSI's vision that all families will have access to the information, support, and care that they need around these complications.
Also called perinatal emotional complications,
perinatal mood and anxiety disorders include conditions like depression, anxiety, and obsessive - compulsive disorder and can occur any time during pregnancy and the first year of parenting.
This Briefing Paper by Maternal Mental Health NOW and Zero to Three builds on our previous concept paper and outlines nine new recommendations for improving systems of care to address
perinatal mood and anxiety disorders across Los Angeles County.
Although it would be hugely reassuring if we could pin - point one, specific, cause of
perinatal mood and anxiety disorders like PPD, experts in the field have not yet been able to be absolutely sure what causes these issues.
To educate both moms and health care professionals about the difference between the anxiety of a normal pregnancy after loss experience and
perinatal mood and anxiety disorders so they know when to seek additional support.
The target population of the Maternal Mental Health NOW's services are women and their offspring who are at high - risk for
perinatal mood and anxiety disorders due to multiple and cumulative stressors, such as poverty, unemployment, homelessness, lack of health insurance, immigration status, poor social support and chronic illness, and co-occurring conditions, such as substance abuse and domestic violence.
The women above are part of Maternal Mental Health NOW's Share Your Stories Speakers Bureau, which is is made up of Los Angeles County women who have
survived perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, including postpartum depression and anxiety, and their families.
Bringing Light to Motherhood is online training program on maternal mental health designed to increase the capacity of health care providers serving pregnant and postpartum women to identify and
treat perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
The goals of the consultation and technical assistance activities are to increase screening, referral and treatment rates so that all new families that are impacted by
perinatal mood and anxiety disorders receive the help that they need.
Maternal Mental Health NOW's Training Institute offers basic and advanced trainings
on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, including depression and anxiety during pregnancy, postpartum depression and anxiety, OCD, and postpartum psychosis.
I genuinely believe that if we strengthen the couple relationship we reduce the risk
of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders for parents, which happens to be the title of an article I wrote for the Journal for Health Visiting.
PMHA - WOC Statement: PMHA - WOC was created to fill a gap in support services for professionals and communities of color
around perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and we are thrilled to have our work supported by an organization that has been a leader in our field.
The group is an opportunity for providers to receive advice, direction and troubleshooting on issues related to screening, making referrals and providing treatment
for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
Maternal depression and anxiety, often referred to
as perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, are the most common complication of childbirth, affecting at least one in six new mothers in Los Angeles.
Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders are the most common complications of childbirth, and include depression, anxiety, and / or OCD during pregnancy and / or postpartum, as well as postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar mood disorders, and postpartum psychosis.
Friend and fellow blogger, Jill Krause from BabyRabies, traveled to three cities to meet with these seven women to help tell their stories and put faces to
perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
for
perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
There is no single cause for
perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
You did not do anything to «get»
a perinatal mood and anxiety disorder.
She has also founded the non-profit Postpartum Progress Inc, a national nonprofit focused on vastly improving support for women with
perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
Developing
a perinatal mood and anxiety disorder is not your fault.
I have furthered my education in perinatal mental health extensively and now offer trainings and presentations on
perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and birth trauma.