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Beyond Birth: Navigating Perinatal Depression With Endeavor Health
This special series explores the medical complications that can accompany pregnancy, successful prenatal and postpartum treatment programs, and how hospitals and health systems are addressing the social needs of new mothers.
Hospital’s ‘Warm Line’ Offers Postpartum Support for New Moms
To help support moms and dads with newborns, Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I., part of Care New England, established The Warm Line. It’s a toll-free telephone support system staffed by professional nurses.
Postpartum Mental Health: Breaking Stigma with Women & Infants Hospital
In this conversation, Women & Infants Hospital's Shannon Sullivan, president and chief operating officer, and Caron Zlotnick, Ph.D., director of behavioral medicine research, discuss the stigma surrounding maternal mental health.
People Matter, Words Matter
The AHA, together with behavioral health and language experts from member hospitals and partner organizations, will release a series of downloadable posters to help your employees adopt patient-centered, respectful language.
Better Health for Mothers and Babies
Through the AHA’s Better Health for Mothers and Babies Initiative, the AHA is working alongside hospitals and health care systems to help mothers and their babies thrive.
Meeting Patients’ Perinatal Mental Health Needs
Hospitals can play a key role in building holistic treatment and support for perinatal mental health disorders during this critical period.
Study finds declines in maternal mental health
A study published May 27 by JAMA Internal Medicine found declines in self-reported maternal m
Maternal Mental Health
Maternal Mental HealthMental health and substance use issues are the leading underlying causes of maternal morbidity and mortality.
Filling the Gaps in Maternal Mental Health Care
One of our best strategies to address the unique behavioral health challenges and demands of pregnant women and new mothers is recognizing that mental health is a central element to physical health, meaning we need to continually treat the whole person in our settings to the best of our abilities.
AHA podcast: Postpartum Mental Health — Breaking Stigma with Women & Infants Hospital
In an AHA podcast, Women & Infants Hospital's Shannon Sullivan, president and chief operating officer, and Caron Zlotnick, Ph.D., director of behavioral medicine research, discuss the stigma surrounding maternal mental health, the challenges new mothers face and the innovative programs that are having success in maternal well-being and postpartum depression prevention.