For 25 years, colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital have met midday on Wednesday for clinical rounds to review cases in perinatal psychiatry and discuss important new scientific findings. At the start of the pandemic, Drs. Lee Cohen [...]
MMHLA has recently sent three letters to U.S. Senate leadership providing information about the importance of addressing maternal mental health and advocating for specific funding and legislation supporting pregnant and postpartum patients. [...]
A new study from the Commonwealth Fund -- The High Costs of Maternal Morbidity Show Why We Need Greater Investment in Maternal Health -- spells out in detail the costs of maternal morbidity in the United States and [...]
MMHLA Executive Director Adrienne Griffen recently wrote a 3-part blog series for the Wilson Center, which has also addressed maternal mental health with a webinar and policy paper. The Wilson Center provides nonpartisan insight and analysis to help [...]
On October 29, a new movie about postpartum depression and maternal suicide was released in 800 theaters around the country. A Mouthful of Air is a powerful movie addressing an important public health crisis. Recognizing this is not typical Hollywood subject [...]
In 2018, Illinois passed landmark legislation recognizing postpartum mental illness as a factor in criminal cases, making postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis mitigating factors in sentencing and providing for a new sentencing hearing after a valid sentence has been imposed. [...]
Health Affairs – a noted public policy journal – recently addressed maternal mental health, dedicating its entire October edition to the issue. MMHLA Executive Director Adrienne Griffen led a team that provided an overview article entitled “Perinatal Mental [...]
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention recently awarded two grants focusing specifically on research around maternal suicide, which is the leading cause of death for women in the first year following pregnancy. Sending congratulations to Drs. Orri and Yoon! Massimiliano Orri, Ph.D. of [...]
With great excitement we share the news that Postpartum Support International (PSI) has been awarded a landmark contract to operate the first-ever Maternal Mental Health Hotline. The Hotline -- funded by the federal government through the Health [...]
MMHLA’s newest Fact Sheet has up-to-date information about ongoing trainings in maternal mental health, including: FREE introductory trainings Periodic webinars and events In-depth trainings Thank you to the California Health Care Foundation for providing funding for MMHLA’s Fact [...]
