New and expectant mothers experiencing mental health and substance use disorders will soon have support through a 24/7, Tucson-based helpline.
Caitlin Schmidt New and expectant mothers experiencing mental health and substance use disorders will soon have an additional level of support with the rollout of a 24/7, Tucson-based helpline.
People are also reading… It's focusing on perinatal patients but will support women along the entire reproductive health spectrum, from premenstrual to peri-menopausal, Kalia said. Maternal mortality rateKalia became interested in women's reproductive mental health when she was a medical student, saying her status as a Pakistani immigrant piqued her interest.
In early 2022, she realized that despite all the training she'd done, it wasn't doing much to move the needle when it comes to reducing the burden of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and maternal mortality rate. In March 2022, the Arizona Department of Health Services released a report showing that 98% of pregnancy-related deaths involving mental health and substance use were preventable.More babies born with drug exposureLisa Grisham has been a neonatal nurse practitioner for 23 years.
Grisham said that while the hospital has social workers on staff, they aren't around 24/7 and aren't always available. The helpline will help supplement those services. Managing preventable conditionsIn addition to offering telephonic support to providers, Kalia and others will also track information and data.
"I can say, 'I'm guiding you through this, please do it,' but they might be like, 'I'm still not comfortable doing it'," Kalia said."We can come. We'll educate, we'll do training, we'll do clinical consultation, whatever they need. And hopefully between all of those pieces, we'll take some of the pieces off."
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