Advisory Board May 20, 2024
According to a new report from the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health (PCMMH), the United States earned a D+ for maternal mental health, a slight improvement from the D grade the country received last year.
Women’s health opportunity: Postpartum depression care
US sees slight improvement in maternal mental health
For the report, PCMMH evaluated all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia on 18 different measures across three domains:
- Providers and programs, which includes whether a state has at least one inpatient maternal mental health program and whether it has or had a state-sanctioned task force for maternal mental health.
- Screening and screening requirements, which includes whether a state is a top performer on the HEDIS...