Sacramento Report: Bringing Postpartum Depression Out of the Shadows

Karen Clemmer 2/16/189:43 PM

Those federal funds will become available to states through the Bringing Postpartum Depression Out of the Shadows Act, passed in 2016 by Congress. The money can be used for screening, assessing and treating maternal mental health disorders, but the state Department of Public Health needs to apply. AB 1893 would require them to do so.

About one in nine women nationwide experience symptoms of postpartum depression, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The California Task Force on the Status of Maternal Mental Health Care estimates maternal mental health disorders like postpartum depression affect one in five women statewide.

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