ArticleArchives of women's mental health2021
A way forward in the maternal mortality crisis: addressing maternal health disparities and mental health.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Addressing the U.S. maternal health crisis: a systematic review of healthcare access barriers, disparate outcomes, and effective interventions.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Preventing posttraumatic stress disorder following childbirth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2024Pooled it
- Global prevalence of perinatal depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: An umbrella review and meta-analytic synthesis.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2024Pooled it
- Can Social Work Interventions Improve Perinatal Mental Health Outcomes? A Systematic Review.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthPooled it
- Towards Equitable Maternal Health: A Policy Analysis of the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act - Implications for Nursing Leadership, Implementation, and Equity.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Review
- Temporal Trends in Pregnancy Rate, Live Birth Rates, and Rates of Gestational Outcomes, 2012-2023.O&G open · 2026Article
- Determinants of sustained physician engagement in obstetric QI: a TICD-guided qualitative study.Implementation science communications · 2026Article
- Women of Color's Experiences of Gendered Racism and Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Pregnancy: The Mediating Role of Social Support.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Associations Between Self-Esteem and Postpartum Depression and Anxiety: A Cross-Sectional Study Using the Rosenberg Scale in Romanian Women.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Understanding the Complexities of Peripartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders: A Qualitative Assessment of Current Issues in Management and Treatment.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
- Transportation Barriers to Prenatal Care Among Black/African Americans: A Scoping Review.Public health challenges · 2025Review
- Recovering Together: The Socioecological Impact of Social Networks on Postpartum Substance Use Disorder Recovery.Community mental health journal · 2025Article
- Racial and Ethnic Representation in Studies of Psychological Trauma During Pregnancy in the United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Review
- Effectiveness and evidence-based practices in maternal care bundles for labour and birth: a systematic review protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Perinatal mental health and risk of severe maternal morbidity in women with physical disabilities, Massachusetts 2003-2015.Disability and health journal · 2025Article
- [Negative affectivity in new mothers during the COVID-19 lockdown].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2025Observational
- Comparing a Model of Augmented Postpartum Primary Care to Usual Care in an Urban Medical Center.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
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- Case Report: Using primary care behavioral health to address routine nausea and vomiting in pregnancy and prenatal psychosocial concerns.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Abortion and Mental Health and Wellbeing: A Contemporary Review of the Literature.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Review
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Abstract
Our objective was to review the role of maternal health disparities and mental health in the maternal mortality crisis in the USA, and discuss how perinatal care quality improvement in these areas is a critical lever for reducing maternal death. This paper summarizes content from a plenary talk delivered at the 2020 Biennial Meeting of the International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health, in commemoration of the Society's 40th anniversary. The talk synthesized literature on two characteristics of the maternal mortality crisis in the US: (1) wide racial and ethnic disparities in maternal mortality and severe morbidity and (2) the impact of mental health and substance use disorders on maternal death, and introduced a framework for how health care quality gaps contribute to both of these issues. The US remains an outlier among similar nations in its alarmingly high rates of maternal mortality. Achieving significant progress on this measure will require confronting longstanding racial and ethnic disparities that exist throughout the pregnancy-postpartum continuum, as well as addressing the under-reported issue of maternal self-harm. Suicide and overdose are leading but under-recognized causes of death among pregnant and postpartum women in some states. Health care delivery failures, including inadequate risk assessment, care coordination, and communication, are identified in the literature on drivers of maternal health disparities and self-harm. Many of the same steps to improve quality of perinatal care can help to reduce health disparities and address the essential role of mental health in maternal well-being.
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