Resources for Providers
Resources for Providers
Screening Tools
Find screening tools to assist with diagnosing Maternal Mental Health disorders.
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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Maternal Mental Health Tool Kit
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What Every Provider Type Should Know and Do for MMH
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MMH Core Competencies for
Health Care Providers
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Guide to Brief CBT
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Association Between Severe Maternal Morbidity and Psychiatric Illness Within 1 Year of Hospital Discharge After Delivery
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Setting the Standard for
Holistic Care of and for
Black Women
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Maternal Mental Health – Lay Professionals
Billing Resources
Billing Resources
Maternal Mental Health Care – Obstetric Provider Services Billing and Reimbursement Guide
The following guidance was developed for reference by payors and obstetric providers (midwives, Ob/Gyns and family practice providers who provide maternity care), culling together the latest behavioral health integration protocol, resources from clinical bodies and the National Committee for Quality Assurance, Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures for perinatal depression.
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Billing & Coding Guide for Women’s Preventive Services
The U.S. Women’s Preventive Services Initiative’s 2023–24 obstetric provider coding guide was recently updated to include the Initiative’s latest recommendations, including screening for maternal mental health disorders.
This guide acts as a tool to assist practices with coding and billing preventive services for women and was developed in consultation with leaders at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology. The guide provides all the information clinicians need to properly code for WPSI recommendations, including ICD-10 codes and coding scenarios.
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Share Your Maternal Mental Health Care/Claim/Payment Denial Story
Though many women have health insurance at the time of their maternal mental health challenges, insurance can still be a significant barrier to care.
If you’ve experienced trouble providing care due to insurance company policies, please take 2 minutes to share those experiences here. Your stories will help us drive change.
Resources for Hospitals
Resources for Hospitals
The Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health Whole Mom™ Hospital Best Practice Standards
Take a look at the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health’s Whole Mom Standards / Hospital Best Practices to learn how to start addressing maternal mental health.
Revised 3/2023 view updates.
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Hospital Resources and Overview of Applicable CA Law
California Hospital Maternal Mental Health Legislation Resources
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Training Staff
Hospitals that wish to train staff may wish to explore in person training options or on line options.
2020 Mom and PSI offer both a 2-hour complimentary Maternal Mental Health 101 training open to the public, and an 8 class certificate-based training course for clinicians.
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Case Study: The Role of Community Health Workers in addressing inequities
This white paper outlines best practices and solutions for health departments and health systems to engage community health workers to address equity gaps.
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UK Resource: Perinatal Mental Health Workforce Competency Framework
This framework identifies the skills required and helps care teams to assess their training needs.
The tool allows professionals to access the competencies in the framework relevant to their role and inform them of which competencies they require in order to fulfill the responsibilities of their role.
Childbirth Education
Following are childbirth class resources which address maternal mental health for childbirth.
Transition to Parenthood Curriculum
A training manual for clinicians and childbirth educators, with class outlines exploring the psychological and emotional journey of pregnancy and the postpartum period.
http://www.postpartumhealth.com/books.php
Support Groups
Hospital Based Screening and Support Group Treatment (St. Catherine of Sienna, NY)
A Mother-Infant Therapy Group Model for Postpartum Depression – By Roseanne Clark – Infant Mental Health Journal, 2008
Support Group Guide
From Australia’s non-profit specializing in maternal mental health.
https://www.panda.org.au/awareness/support-group-guide
Protecting and Promoting Sleep
There are many things hospitals can do to help promote undisturbed or “protected” sleep, including physical changes to rooms and changing equipment settings to reduce noise, updating policies to reduce night/early morning wakings by staff, implementation of protected sleep time during the day, use of sound machines, providing ear plus and eye masks and more.
The following are resources which provide more information about such changes:
Huffington Post Article, Hospital Sounds Disturb Patient’s Sleep
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/12/hospital-sounds-sleep-patients-disturb_n_1589834.html
Paper: In-patient sleep disturbance: the views of staff and patients.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7567514
Paper: The nurse’s role in promoting a good night’s sleep for patients.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7665774
Hospitals may also want to consider (though not a specific recommendation of the 2020 Mom Project), training staff to train new families how to soothe their babies to promote more sleep in both baby and mom during those critical early nights and beyond.
The Happiest Baby Sleep Promotion Staff Training Program
https://thehappiestbaby.org/program-overview/
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Information at Discharge
Hospitals may want to consider providing information to moms and families about maternal mental health disorders at discharge, such as a flyer or palm card. Hospitals may also want to encourage nursing staff to review the material by adding to a checklist for example.
Hospitals may wish to create their own materials or provide a copy of the following palm card which the hospital logo can be added below. See more at Awareness Materials
General Information
Tool Kit Developed by the Pennsylvania Perinatal Partnership
Funded in part by the US Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.pennsylvaniaperinatal.org/app/webroot/files/PPP_ToolKit_31-32_ImplementAlgorithm(4).pdf
A New Beginning (Printed Book-English or Spanish) Your Personal Guide to Postpartum Care
New mothers will appreciate this personal guide to postpartum care. Ideal for discharge teaching, this guide to self care and baby care is an excellent resource for issues that commonly arise during this exciting, but often anxious, time. Filled with information about resuming everyday life, post-pregnancy body changes and healthy nutrition, new mothers will gain a better understanding of how to care for themselves.
https://www.customizedinc.com/products/a-new-beginning
Videos for Patient Viewing
Healthy Mom Happy Family DVD
Don’t have time to discuss maternal mental health with patients? Show Postpartum Support International’s 13 minute video over your broadcast system.
Optional:
Becoming a Father DVD
We urge you to consider showing this video (50 mins), “Becoming a Father.”
NICU Support
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Creating a Postpartum Plan
The “Check on Mom” resource helps expecting mothers plan for their postpartum, including putting supports in place and taking steps to protect and support their mental health.
Recommended Reading for Suffering and High-risk Families and Clinicians:
Looking After your Mental Health – Things you can do to Support your Mental Wellbeing
Ireland’s Health Service Executive’s website provides information on Depression, Lifestyle, Sleep, Stress and Support.
Beyond the Blues: A Guide to Understanding And Treating Prenatal And Postpartum Depression
By: Pec Indman & Shoshanna Bennett
The Postpartum Husband: Practical Solutions for Living with Postpartum Depression
By: Karen Kleiman
The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook: Practical Skills to Help You Overcome Anxiety, Worry, Panic Attacks, Obsessions, and Compulsions
By: Pamela Wiegartz, PH.D, Kevin Gyoerkoe, PSY.D.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia During Pregnancy
By: MGH Center for Women’s Mental Health
Sleep problems are common during pregnancy, and for some pregnant people, non-pharmacologic options can be effective. CBT specific for insomnia (CBT-I) involves 6-8 sessions dedicated to this issue and has also been delivered through mobile or web-app-based platforms. The principles of CBT-I include cognitive restructuring, improving sleep hygiene and sleep environment, stimulus control therapy, relaxation training, and potentially sleep restriction during treatment. Increasing the tools for rejuvenating sleep can be helpful with mood disorders during pregnancy.
Recommended Reading for OBGYNs, Psychiatrists and More:
Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum: Review of Psychiatry
By: Lee S. Cohen
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Perinatal Mental Health 101 Webinar
Learn about the various Maternal Mental Health Disorders, the differences between them, risk factors and treatment options. The course is designed for providers, administrators and public health employees, though all are welcome. Listen to a previously recorded webinar here. For a list of the resources shared during the training click here. Upcoming live webinars are listed here.
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National Curriculum in Reproductive Psychiatry (NCRP) Trainee Fellowship
Applications are being accepted for a free comprehensive online, interactive curriculum designed to teach reproductive psychiatry to mental health professionals – either within an educational program or self-guided. Learn more here.
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Free E-Learning Program on Cultural Competency for Behavioral Health Professionals
The U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH) program, available via OMH’s Think Cultural Health website, is designed to develop behavioral health providers’ knowledge and skills related to culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS). OMH encourages all certified counselors, nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers to take this program and earn up to five continuing education credits at no cost.
The program’s 4 courses cover:
- Connections between culture and behavioral health
- The impact of cultural identity on interactions with clients
- Ways to engage, assess and treat clients from diverse backgrounds
Learn more about the program | Spread the word – access the toolkit
Are you looking for other free e-learning programs on cultural competency? Check out the suite of Think Cultural Health e-learning programs at thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/education
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Offers Resources for Ob-GYNs and Women’s Health Care Providers
Webinar addressing Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders – Strategies for Women’s Health Care Providers.
Visit the Women’s Health Care Physicians page for more resources like:
- Committee Opinion: Screening for Perinatal Depression
- Practice Bulletin: Use of Psychiatric Medications During Pregnancy and Lactation (members only)
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Early Episode Psychosis Topic Library
Early-episode psychosis is a prime time for medical intervention, which may include multimodal therapies, case management, and a focus on self-determination. Treatment focuses on enabling individuals to move on from the acute impact of a psychotic episode and chart the course of their own recovery.
In the Early Episode Psychosis Topic Library on PsychU, you will find resources about treatment interventions and other information.
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Suicide Prevention Resources
- The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has resources to assist with setting and communicating policy priorities on suicide prevention, as well as infographics to share.
- Read about CDC’s suicide prevention strategic plan, grounded in data, science, action, and collaboration.
- Explore CDC’s Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policies, Programs, and Practices for strategies and approaches with the best available evidence to prevent suicide.
- Maternal Suicide: What All Providers and Advocates Should Know, a webinar covering the latest on suicide prevention and facts about maternal suicide, including:
- A general overview of suicide and COVID related increases
- Maternal mental health statistics including maternal suicide
- General crisis prevention efforts
- Suicide prevention efforts
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Case Study: The Role of Community Health Workers in Addressing Inequities
This white paper outlines best practices and solutions for health departments and health systems to engage community health workers to address equity gaps.
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UK Resource: PerinatalWorkforce Competency Framework
This framework identifies the skills required and helps care teams to assess their training needs.
The tool allows professionals to access the competencies in the framework relevant to their role and inform them of which competencies they require in order to fulfill the responsibilities of their role.
Domestic Violence Prevention
Domestic/intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive problem in virtually all countries, cultures, classes and income groups. According to the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, women who have experienced IPV are twice as likely to experience depression, almost twice as likely to abuse alcohol, and 16 percent more likely to have a low-birthweight baby.
Prevention: “Mothers and Babies” Online Program
This intervention is recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force for mother’s who are at risk for maternal depression.
This online program teaches skills to manage changes in how patients you feel. The course is designed for pregnant women, new mothers, and those who want to learn how to support them.
The program is also available in Spanish.
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Creating a Postpartum Plan
The “Check on Mom” resource helps expecting mothers plan for their postpartum, including putting supports in place and taking steps to protect and support their mental health.
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AWHONN Clinical Practice: Respectful Maternity Care for Individuals with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) SBAR
SBAR is a technique that is typically used to frame conversations between health care providers regarding a patient’s condition and clinical status. SBAR in this circumstance is adapted to promote respectful and inclusive patient communication and care.
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MotherToBaby: A One-Stop Interactive Resource on Medications in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
MotherToBaby, a service of the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS), specializes in answering questions about the safety/risk of exposures, such as medications, vaccines, chemicals, herbal products, substances of abuse, maternal health conditions, and much more, during pregnancy or breastfeeding. The no-cost information service is available to people who are pregnant and/or breastfeeding, their family members, health professionals, and the general public via chat, text, phone (toll-free 866.626.6847), and email in both English and Spanish. MotherToBaby also has more than 300 up-to-date evidence-based fact sheets about a variety of exposures. The latest fact sheets added include topics on monkeypox, COVID-19 vaccines, and Plan B One-Step®.
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Community Perspectives: The State of Black Maternal Mental Health
This report from the Shades of Blue Project, an organization dedicated to breaking cultural barriers in maternal mental health by raising awareness and providing support before, during, and after childbirth, provides insight from the community perspective about what can be done to change birth and maternal mental health outcomes for the better.
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The 2023 BIPOC Mental Health Toolkit
Mental Health America’s 2023 BIPOC Mental Health Toolkit provides free, practical resources, including information about how an individual’s culture and community impact their mental health, tips for community advocacy, and ways to build connections with others. In this toolkit, you can find factsheets, worksheets, resources, sample messages, sample images, posters, and more.