Refocus and Renew: Moving Towards Health Series
Now Available: Improving Maternal Mental Health in Women with Serious Mental Illness.
Women with serious mental illness (SMI) face significantly higher risks during pregnancy and the postpartum period, including being among those most affected by maternal mortality. Yet critical gaps in care persist across state mental health systems. Our latest brief shows what states can do right now.
Highlights:
- Why perinatal SMI screening and integrated care are game changers for outcomes
- The workforce and training gaps state leaders are reporting—and strategies to close them
- Proven models: peer support, home-visiting programs, and mother–baby treatment units
This paper is part of the Technical Assistance Coalition’s Refocus and Renew: Moving Towards Health series—a 10-paper collection guiding state leaders on SMI and SED treatment, recovery, and whole-person health.
More papers from this series will be released on an ongoing basis.