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In this Members in Action podcast featuring maternal and child health efforts, Aisha Syeda, program manager at the AHA speaks with Kelsey Kyle, a RN care manager at St. Peter’s Health and her community partner, Brie MacLaurin, a nurse and the executive director of Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies, the Montana Coalition, Inc.
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About one in 10 pregnant women worldwide face mental health disorders like depression during their pregnancies, according to WHO.
The Medical Faculty Associates will participate in a trial of an app for new mothers to track their mental health and expand accessible medical resources for pregnancy and childbirth.
Officials announced last month that Babyscripts, a company that conducts research and develops internet-connected monitoring devices and apps for maternal health, is developing the module to aid new mothers. Experts in maternal mental health said mothers could use the app to screen for symptoms of mental illness like depression and physical symptoms like changes in blood pressure, but the technology should also include a feature to connect patients to mental health care providers if any symptoms become severe.
Utah Shining a Spotlight on Postpartum Mental Health
With three children at home already, Lisa Condie Barlow headed to the hospital in 2008 to give birth to her twin boys. But she says this time around, things were different. The Utah mom suffered from postpartum depression and OCD following the birth of her twins. I felt so inadequate, embarrassed, and ungrateful , she said. How could I be struggling, when so many of my friends and family were struggling with infertility? She hid her pain from everyone, except for her doctor, who prescribed medication. But, Condie Barlow says she didn t know where to find a therapist, and was too embarrassed to ask for recommendations. Instead, she suffered.