ArticleHealth affairs (Project Hope)2021
Preventing Pregnancy-Related Mental Health Deaths: Insights From 14 US Maternal Mortality Review Committees, 2008-17.
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118 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 195 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A systematic review of psychosocial screening tools for identification of postpartum mental health status beyond depressive symptoms.Midwifery · 2025Pooled it
- Associations Between Unconditional Cash Transfers and Postpartum Outcomes in the United States : A Systematic Review.Annals of internal medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Suicide Attempts during Pregnancy and Postpartum: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Maternal and child health journal · 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
- Disparities in Screening and Treatment Patterns for Depression and Anxiety During Pregnancy: An Integrative Review.Journal of midwifery & women's healthPooled it
- Postpartum care in the neonatal intensive care unit, PeliCaN: a randomized controlled trial.American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM · 2025Trial
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- Text And Telephone Screening And Referral Improved Detection And Treatment Of Maternal Mental Health Conditions.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2024Trial
- Perioperative Adjunctive Esketamine for Postpartum Depression Among Women Undergoing Elective Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Understanding Perinatal Depression Care Gaps by Examining Care Access and Barriers in Perinatal Individuals With and Without Psychiatric History.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2023Trial
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- Perinatal Depression and Infant Mortality.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Suicidal ideation across pregnancy and the postpartum: Trajectories and assessment with commonly used screening tools.Journal of mood and anxiety disorders · 2026Article
- Detection of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Symptoms in Patients Presenting in a Specialty Fetal Care Center During Pregnancy.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2026Article
- Provider Perceptions of Perinatal Mental Healthcare Access.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2026Article
- Association of Substance Use and Psychological Conditions With Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: A Propensity-Matched Analysis.JACC. Advances · 2026Article
- Racial differences in diagnosis of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Observational
- Who is screened for perinatal mental health? findings from an academic health system in California.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- Length of gestation and postpartum visit attendance.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Each year approximately 700 people die in the United States from pregnancy-related complications. We describe the characteristics of pregnancy-related deaths due to mental health conditions, including substance use disorders, and identify opportunities for prevention based on recommendations from fourteen state Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs) from the period 2008-17. Among 421 pregnancy-related deaths with an MMRC-determined underlying cause of death, 11 percent were due to mental health conditions. Pregnancy-related mental health deaths were more likely than deaths from other causes to be determined by an MMRC to be preventable (100 percent versus 64 percent), to occur among non-Hispanic White people (86 percent versus 45 percent), and to occur 43-365 days postpartum (63 percent versus 18 percent). Sixty-three percent of pregnancy-related mental health deaths were by suicide. Nearly three-quarters of people with a pregnancy-related mental health cause of death had a history of depression, and more than two-thirds had past or current substance use. MMRC recommendations can be used to prioritize interventions and can inform strategies to enable screening, care coordination, and continuation of care throughout pregnancy and the year postpartum.
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