Mental Health & Substance Abuse

Pregnancy and Postpartum Mental Health

• Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders (Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Women’s Mental Health & Harvard Medical School)

Prevalence

• Mental Health by the Numbers (NAMI)
• Prevalence (NIMH)
• Mental Health America of Wisconsin

Professional Reading

• Home Visiting and Maternal Depression: Seizing the Opportunities to Help Mothers and Young Children (Urban Institute, 2011)
• Supporting Infants, Toddlers, and Families Impacted by Caregiver Mental Health Problems, Substance Abuse, and Trauma: A Community Guide (PDF)
• Maternal Depression: Why It Matters to an Anti-Poverty Agenda for Parents and Children (CLASP, 2014) (PDF)
• National Institute on Mental Health
• Stress Reduction (National Center on Early Childhood Health and Wellness Mental Health Newsletter, 2016) (PDF)

For Parents

• Pregnancy and Postpartum Mental Health Overview (Postpartum Support International)
• Resources for Mothers and Families (The Periscope Project)
• HelpLine for Moms (Postpartum Support International)
  1-800-944-4773 (English & Spanish), or text 503-894-9453 — 24-hour confidential volunteer support and local referrals.

Assessment

• Self-Help and Mental Health Screening Tools (Mental Health America)

Fact Sheets

• Depression During and After Pregnancy (WomensHealth.gov)
• NIMH Fact Sheets

Resources

• Wisconsin DHS Mental Health Resources

Videos

• Mental Health (Oklahoma Home Visitor Training)
• Brain Basics (NIMH)
• Perinatal Mood Disorders: An Interdisciplinary Training Video (Health Nexus Santé)
• Imagine There Was No Stigma to Mental Illness (Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, TEDxCharlottesville)
• Ending the Stigma of Mental Illness

Online Training and Educational Modules

• Perinatal Mental Health Modules
  A two-part series for home visitors on recognizing and responding to perinatal mental health issues, with webinar excerpts and expert guidance.
• Perinatal Mental Health: Screening, Referral and Supportive Interventions for Women and Families (WI DHS webinar series)
• The Periscope Project (Medical College of WI)
  Free modules on perinatal psychiatric disorders, including mood disorders and follow-up protocols.

Websites

• Periscope Project – Provider Tools
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Mental Health America
• B4Stage4 Initiative
  Prevention-and-intervention framework: get informed, get screened, get help.

Reading Materials

• Understanding Substance Abuse and Facilitating Recovery: A Guide For Child Welfare Workers (PDF)
• Parenting Under the Influence: The Effects of Opioids, Alcohol and Cocaine on Mother-Child Interaction
  Slesnick et al., Addictive Behaviors (2014).
• World Health Organization Guidelines on Substance Use and Pregnancy (PDF)
• Coalition Against Substance Abuse
• The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered, and It Is Not What You Think
  Huffington Post
• Supporting Infants, Toddlers, and Families Impacted by Caregiver Mental Health Problems, Substance Abuse, and Trauma: A Community Guide (2012 SAMHSA PDF)
• What Are the Effects of Maternal Cocaine Use?
• Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction
• Sex and Gender Differences in Substance Use (DrugFacts, 2015)
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Fact Sheet Series

Resources

• Pregnancy and Substance Use – A Harm Reduction Toolkit
  A comprehensive, stigma-free resource for supporting pregnant and parenting people who use substances, with practical guidance on healthcare rights, safer use, prenatal and postpartum care, and navigating legal and medical systems through a harm-reduction lens.
• Assessment and Intervention in the Home: Women and Infants Affected by Opioids (PDF)
  Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care guide:
• My Baby and Me
  Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation program for alcohol-free pregnancy support:
• Bath Salt Intervention (3) (PowerPoint)

Videos

• The Recovery of Hope — Personal stories from women about substance abuse during pregnancy.
• Born Addicted
• Working with Pregnant Women with a History of Substance Abuse
• Pregnancy and Drug Use
• The Growing Issue of Women and Substance Abuse
• Sex and Gender Differences of Importance to Addiction Science (5:29)
• The Reward Circuit: How the Brain Responds to Methamphetamine (2:40)

Online Modules

• Relationships Matter!
  Learn what professionals need to know about the role of relationships in the lives of women with mental health and substance use issues. Includes transcripts, slides, and audio recordings of the 2017 SAMHSA webinars. Free tutorial (Certificate of Completion free; CE units $7.50).

Websites

• My Baby and Me — Free screening, research-based education, phone counseling, and text support.
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) — NIH institute funding and conducting research on alcohol’s impact.