Mental Health

From the Journal

Promoting mental health self-care strategies during pregnancy and postpartum with motivational interviewing

Increased stress in the prenatal and postpartum periods of life is an important mental health concern. Nurse practitioners (NPs)…

Editor-in-chief’s message, June 2023

Dear Colleagues, Beth Kelsey, Editor-in-Chief June is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) awareness month. My editor’s message for this issue is…

Improving depression and anxiety screening in an infertility practice through implementation of an evidence-based screening tool and process

Infertility affects approximately 11% of women and 9% of men in the United States who are of reproductive age.1 Patients…

depressive symptoms during perimenopause

Depressive symptoms in perimenopause

Depressive symptoms are common in perimenopause. Women who may be more at risk include those with a family history or…

Adolescent Mental Health: A Guide for the Primary Care Provider

Providing screening for anxiety, depression, and suicidality at every visit with an adolescent is a necessity in the post-Covid landscape.

Trauma-informed Care Part 2: Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Individuals

Data suggest that 24% of transgender people experience unequal treatment in healthcare environments.

Caring for widows in the aftermath of loss: Implications for nurse practitioners and midwives

The high rates of mortality from the Covid-19 pandemic are now creating even more widows and the mortality risk for widows almost doubles in the first 3 months following widowhood.

Trauma-informed care Part 1: The road to its operationalization

Trauma-informed clinical strategies can prevent re-traumatization of individuals who have experienced trauma.

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Role of the WHNP in providing care for the patient with recurrent pregnancy loss

RPL can be an intimidating entity for healthcare providers to evaluate and treat due to varying guidelines and pressure from patients to prevent future losses.

Intimate Partner Violence

Despite the recommendations of USPSTF, WPSI, and other professional organizations, routine screening and intervention for IPV is not a widespread practice in healthcare settings.

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Mental illness stigma: Strategies to address a barrier to care

Women’s health NPs are ideally positioned to decrease MI stigma and facilitate necessary mental health services as providers of women’s healthcare across the lifespan.

Implementation of the Maternal Mental Health Safety Bundle: Standardizing perinatal depression screening and response in a federally qualified health center

A national survey of obstetricians and gynecologists reported that 53% universally screened pregnant patients for depression, but only 33.67% implemented guideline-congruent care.