Lifeline for Moms

07/08/2023

As we honor , we encourage our members to review the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health - AIM's Perinatal Mental Health Conditions Patient Safety Bundle.

Patient Safety Bundles provide evidence-based recommendations for care to achieve a marked improvement in maternal health outcomes.

Learn how to further address and support perinatal mental health conditions in your practice: https://bit.ly/3XUVzrP

06/12/2023

Nancy Byatt, Lifeline for Moms Executive Director, is quoted in this American Psychiatric Association Psychiatric News article.

The Perinatal Psychiatric Access Network is based on a program first developed in Massachusetts, which has now been implemented in 21 states.

05/27/2023

La cura del trauma tra ricerca e clinica, l'intervento della Prof.ssa Zlatina Kostova, Direttrice della formazione e docente di Psichiatria, in collegamento da University of Massachusetts

05/25/2023

Perinatal mental health conditions are the leading cause of maternal mortality or pregnancy-related death in the United States. UMass Chan researchers Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA, and Tiffany Moore Simas, MD, MPH, MEd, have spearheaded creation of new resources to help obstetric care clinicians identif...

05/24/2023

Nancy Byatt and Tiffany Moore Simas led the development of new national clinical practice guidelines, virtual trainings and toolkits to help OBs identify, assess, treat and follow up with patients with perinatal mental health conditions. Read more in this article.

Perinatal mental health conditions are the leading cause of maternal mortality or pregnancy-related death in the United States. UMass Chan researchers Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA, and Tiffany Moore Simas, MD, MPH, MEd, have spearheaded creation of new resources to help obstetric care clinicians identif...

04/18/2023

BIPOC Only Perinatal Mental Health Training
May 17-19th with and

Do you have questions about our upcoming Person of Color Only Perinatal Mental Health Training in partnership with ?

Want the inside scoop on some the creative extras we’ll be offering?

Join Live on IG at 1 pm tomorrow, Tuesday, April 18th!

Karla Cardoza, one of our PSI training facilitators, will be spilling all the tea as she chats with AZBOC Founder, Lakisa Muhammad.

Don’t miss it! 🔥🔥🔥

02/03/2023

Exciting new w/in our Lifeline for Moms Program. , , , and . See our opening here. https://www.ummsjobs.com/job/8986/

10/19/2022

This Depression Screening Month, join 2020 Mom and partners to learn about the latest developments in maternal mental health screening, including:

Recommended screening tools, featured in 2020 Mom’s Universal Screening Issue Brief, including use of the PHQ-4 (a short screener to identify anxiety and depression) and when to screen for su***de risk, for example.
To highlight the screening tools: Considerations for culturally relevant/sensitive screening tools
The new National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA - National Committee for Quality Assurance) HEDIS screening measures and the first set of U.S. screening rates.
Screening timeframe recommendations, including Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance’s partner advocacy organizations’ forthcoming recommendations.
Actions being led by 2020 Mom to increase obstetric provider screening rates, including addressing obstetric provider reimbursement and care navigation efforts.

Register: http://ow.ly/IO2q50L8C3U

09/20/2022

05/27/2022

New at MCPAP for Moms! 🎉

MCPAP for Moms is excited to announce that their new toolkit for SUD Treatment Providers and Programs is now available! This toolkit contains quick reference materials for multidisciplinary providers in SUD treatment settings regarding the assessment and management of substance use disorders and mental health needs in perinatal (preconception, pregnant and postpartum) individuals.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3LN5WY2

Photo: MCPAP for Moms

04/12/2022