New York State Announces Efforts to Bolster Maternal Mental Wellbeing

• By: | New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)
• May 15th, 2026
• collaborative care, early childhood mental health, funding, HealthySteps, maternal mental health, New York State, OBGYN practices, perinatal depression, project TEACH
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More than $18.4 Million Available to Expand HealthySteps, an Early Childhood Mental Health Initiative that Screened 108,000 New Yorkers for Maternal Depression in 2025 Office of Mental Health Awards $350,000 in 'Collaborative Care' Grants to Help OBGYN and Family Medicine Practices Provide...

Treating Depression in Pregnancy Is Lifesaving—Here’s What the FDA Panel Got Wrong

• By: Paige Bellenbaum, LCSW, PMH-C Perinatal Mental Health Specialist and Adjunct Professor, Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College
• July 24th, 2025
• FDA policy, health equity, maternal mental health, mental health, mental health stigma, perinatal depression, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, postpartum depression, pregnancy, reproductive health access, ssri treatment, suicide prevention
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This week, the FDA held an unbalanced and largely inaccurate panel discussion on SSRI use during pregnancy. Of the 10 presenters on the panel (three from outside the U.S.), only one represented the robust body of research demonstrating the safety and efficacy of taking SSRIs during the perinatal...

NYSPA Report – Biomarkers for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders: A Way to Reduce Stigma

• By: Lauren M. Osborne, MD Weill Cornell Medical College
• July 18th, 2025
• maternal mental health, maternal mortality, mental health, perinatal depression, postpartum depression, racial disparities, stigma, Summer 2025 Issue
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The numbers are so depressing. The United States has the worst maternal mortality of any developed country, with a racial disparity that is shocking.[1] Mental health conditions are one of the leading causes of pregnancy-related death – in some places, THE leading cause.[2] We do a dismal job of...