Closing Gaps in Maternal Mental Healthcare
The Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health is a national think tank, nonprofit organization advancing policies that support a health care system that routinely detects and treats maternal mental health disorders for every mother, every time.
September is Suicide Prevention Month, which 2020 Mom is honored to be a part of, and it is also National Recovery Month. National Recovery Month aims to increase awareness and understanding of mental health and substance use disorders, encourage individuals in need of support to seek help, and celebrate those in “recovery.”
Read MoreThis month, what crossed our Executive Director, Joy’s desk was primarily research -including a staggering look at how COVID during pregnancy impacts mothers and their unborn children and a new report from the Partnership for Women and Families.
Read MoreSO, I just posted a “What We’re Reading” blog post a week ago, but I have more to share. Here are some of the highlights: More about the gut-biome brain connection, the latest article by our favorite journalist, April Dembosky. April calls out that America is lacking adequate inpatient treatment facilities for mothers and their babies, that reimbursement is an issue, and how lack of sleep is a public health emergency.
There had been no crime after all — Lisa Abramson’s destination that day wasn’t a jail cell, but rather the general psychiatric ward at Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. The other patients were there for drug overdoses or alcohol withdrawal. People were screaming. Read it here.
Read MoreDepression is a horrific illness that affects as many as 10% of Americans at any one time. Depression is a brain disease that can cause confusion and distortions in thinking, as well as interference with basic physiologic functions, including: sleep, energy, appetite, motor function and more.
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