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See what we've already published for the month of April!

In Health Affairs’ April Perinatal Mental Health & Well-Being issue, Stephanie Hall of the University of Michigan and coauthors explore trends within antidepressant prescriptions for privately insured people with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMAD) between 2008–20.

Through their research, the paper identifies that clinical recommendations in 2015 and 2016 could be associated with increased antidepressant prescriptions for PMAD, particularly for antenatal PMAD.

These findings indicate that clinical recommendations represent an effective tool for changing prescribing patterns.

For more about this paper's findings, check out a video abstract featuring author Stephanie Hall as well as her presentation at our recent theme issue briefing.

More on Mental Health

• Antipsychotic Medication Use In Medicaid-Insured Children Decreased Substantially Between 2008 And 2016 by Greta Bushnell et al.
• Addressing The Mental Health Equity Crisis: Can The Private Sector Lead? by Wizdom Powell
• A Health Podyssey: Michael Barnett on Mental Health Care Delivery

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Jessica Harrison on Integrating Mental Health In Perinatal Care

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jessica Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco on her recent paper that explores the perspectives of interprofessional clinicians and what the best approach is to integrating mental health into perinatal care.

Community-Based Primary Care Training Is Threatened By Funding Instability

Vinaya Gogineni et al.