Pennsylvania Perinatal Depression Partnership

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Pennsylvania Perinatal Depression Partnership

• Susan Lieberman, MS
• PA Perinatal Partnership
• AMCHP Meeting, March 2004

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History

• Impetus
• Voiced concerns from service providers
• Team development with ACOG
• Summit meeting
• 40 Participants
• Experts presented on issues
• Discussed and drafted next steps

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Issues Identified

• Involve both providers and consumers
• Awareness, education and training
• Process/systems issues
• Resources
• Access to behavioral health services

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Plan 4 work groups

• Behavioral /physical health care collaboration
• Identify existing linkages and impediments
• Patient/provider education and training
• Review existing materials
• Screening/identification and then what?
• Review current screening tools and practices
• Evidence-based medicine and outcome data
• Review current outcome data about identification,
  education, treatment

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Team members

• Family Planning Council
• ACOG state and national leadership
• State Public Health
• Postpartum Support International
• Mental Health Assoc.
• Healthy Start Projects
• Perinatal mental health experts/researchers
• Pharmaceutical reps.

• Doulas of North America
• Health plans
• Dept. Children and Youth Services
• Community behavioral health
• Depression After Delivery
• AAP
• Philadelphia Health Dept.
• Local psychologists

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Next Steps

• Develop linkage with state mental health
  professional organizations
• Expanded association with managed care
• Compile information from work groups
• Support legislative hearings
• Conduct follow-up Summit Meeting