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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 17.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Mar;129(3):422–430. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001902

Table 2.

Useful Resources

Resource Description Available At
Patient and provider educational resources
  Depression During and After Pregnancy: A Resource for Women, Their Families, and Friends Provides a comprehensive booklet designed for women with perinatal depression and their families. Provides answers to common patient questions and offers linkages to additional supportive resources https://mchb.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/mchb/MaternalChildHealthTopics/maternal-womens-health/Depression_During_and_After_Pregnancy_ENGLISH.pdf
  Depression in Mothers: More Than the Blues: A Toolkit for Family Service Providers Designed for community-based health care providers, the toolkit delivers background information about depression and offers ideas that health care providers can use daily when helping mothers who may be suffering from depression and their families http://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content/SMA14-4878/SMA14-4878.pdf
  Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project for Moms (MCPAP for Moms) Toolkit Offers resources to assist front-line perinatal care providers in the prevention, identification, and treatment of depression and other mental health concerns in pregnant and postpartum women https://www.mcpapformoms.org/Toolkits/Toolkit.aspx
  Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Women’s Mental Health Offers a range of current information, including discussion of new research findings in women’s mental health and how such investigations inform day-to-day clinical practice https://womensmentalhealth.org
  Moms’ Mental Health Matters Offers education to consumers and health care providers about who is at risk for depression and anxiety during and after pregnancy, the signs of these problems, and how to get help https://www.nichd.nih.gov/ncmhep/MMHM/Pages/index.aspx
  MotherToBaby Provides expert information about medication and depression risks during pregnancy and lactation. Available to mothers, healthcare professionals, and the general public http://mothertobaby.org/about-us/
  Postpartum Support International Provides many resources to help families, health care providers, and communities learn about the emotional and mental health of families. Offers a toll-free Warmline that anyone can call to get basic information, support, and linkage with local resources http://www.postpartum.net/
Provider care coordination resources
  Collaboration in Practice: Implementing Team-Based Care Identifies and discusses six principles as core components guiding team-based care http://www.acog.org/Resources-And-Publications/Task-Force-and-Work-Group-Reports/Collaboration-in-Practice-Implementing-Team-Based-Care
  Patient, Family, and Staff Support After a Severe Maternal Event Patient Safety Bundle Provides resources on conducting debriefs with the provider team after a severe maternal event http://safehealthcareforeverywoman.org/patient-safety-bundles/support-after-a-severe-maternal-event-supported-by-aim/