New York’s Maternal Mental Health Workgroup has released a sweeping report detailing systemic gaps, racial inequities, and urgent policy needs affecting pregnant and postpartum New Yorkers, outlining ...

Previous studies have suggested that emotion regulation is crucial for maternal mental health. Difficulties managing emotions ...

Perinatal mental health is gaining recognition as a key antecedent of adverse maternal and child outcomes as the United States experiences a maternal mortality and morbidity crisis. Recent policy ...

Perinatal depression, or major depressive disorder with perinatal onset, is depression that begins in the period from conception to after pregnancy. Treatment options can help reduce symptoms.

Perinatal stem cells, including those derived from umbilical cord blood and tissue, amniotic fluid, amniotic membrane, and ...

Machine learning predicted ASD using sex-specific prenatal/perinatal factors: pregestational BMI, socioeconomic status, maternal age, and more.

Women with disabilities experience elevated risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Most studies have inferred disabilities from diagnosis codes, likely undercounting disabilities. We analyzed data, ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the effectiveness of psychological therapies for perinatal depression, the most prevalent maternal mental health disorder. The review, published in the ...

Dr. Austin has a patient who she helped recover from an injury who also trained for the marathon for the first time.

The state's Perinatal Quality Collaborative has been credited with reducing C-section births, boosting breastfeeding, and cutting infant infection rates.