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Maternal Mental Health Resources

In 2018 New York State launched a broad effort to combat maternal depression. Maternal depression and related mood and anxiety disorder are prevalent and have serious impacts on parents and their babies. If you can identify and treat these conditions early, it leads to better health outcomes for mothers and children.

Maternal Mental Health Resources

Resources From Around the Web

What is Autism autism.sesamestreet.org

A nationwide initiative aimed at communities with children ages 2 to 5, offering families ways to manage common challenges, to simplify everyday activities, and to grow connections.

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Perinatal depression screening: New recommendations and challenges womensmentalhealth.org

March 23, 2016 – It was almost a year ago that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists came out unequivocally in favor of universal screening for perinatal depression. In the revised policy statement from ACOG’s Committee on Obstetric […]

Perinatal depression screening is just the start womensmentalhealth.org

March 23, 2017 – The following post was first published in OB/GYN News. Please see our OB/GYN News archives here. Publish date: March 3, 2017 Over the last decade, appreciation of the prevalence of perinatal depression – depression during pregnancy and/or […]

Facts About Mixing Medicine, Booze and Street Drugs www.drugcocktails.ca

DrugCocktails.ca was created to help the youth “get the facts” about the effects and risks of mixing medications they take with substances like cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana and other street drugs.

Office of Addiction Services and Supports www.oasas.ny.gov

Oversees one of the nation’s largest addiction services systems with approximately 1,600 prevention, treatment and recovery programs.