The Latest Developments in Maternal Mental Health Screening

This depression screening month, join 2020 Mom and partners to learn about the latest developments in maternal mental health screening, including:

• Recommended screening tools, featured in 2020 Mom’s Universal Screening Issue Brief, including use of the PHQ-4 (a short screener to identify anxiety and depression) and when to screen for suicide risk, for example.
• Opportunities to improve the cultural relevance/sensitivity of screening questions.
• The new National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) HEDIS screening measures and the first set of U.S. screening rates.
• Screening timing recommendations, including the MMHLA’s partner advocacy organization’s forthcoming recommendations for screening timeframes.
• Actions being lead by 2020 Mom to increase obstetric provider screening rates including addressing obstetric provider reimbursement, and care navigation efforts.