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The following are products developed through iSPARC research to support perinatal mental health (pregnancy through 1 year postpartum). Visit our Lifeline for Moms website for more resources.

Contact us at isparccommunicationsteam@umassmed.edu to obtain a PDF copy of any unlinked document.


Publications:

5 Tips to Treating Women with Perinatal Depression
2020

Promoting the Health of Parents & Children: Addressing Perinatal Mental Health by Building Medical Provider Capacity Through Perinatal Psychiatry Access Programs
Byatt, Bergman, Maslin, Forkey, Griffin, & Simas - 2020

New Measure to Screen Deaf Women for Perinatal Depression
Anderson, Wolf Craig, Hostovsky, Bligh, Bramande, Walker, Biebel, & Byatt - 2019

Lifeline for Moms Perinatal Mental Health Toolkit
Byatt N., Mittal L., Brenckle L., Logan D., Masters G., Bergman A., Moore Simas - 2019

How Health Visitors Can Impact Perinatal Mental Health
Leonard, Grant, Söderström, Hales - 2019
Journal of Parent & Family Mental Health

Mothers, Mental Health and Opioids: Engaging with Researchers @research4moms.com
Mazel, Hennig, Zisman Ilani, & Nicholson - 2019
Journal of Parent & Family Mental Health

Adapting and Testing the Feasibility of a Prenatal Intervention for Low-Income Parents
Perry-Jenkins, Byatt, Powers & Brewer - 2018

Paternal Postpartum Depression
Biebel, & Alikhan - 2016
Journal of Parent & Family Mental Health

Program In Support of Moms (PRISM) Research Study
Brenckle, Biebel, & Byatt  Journal of Parent & Family Mental Health - 2016

Listening to Mothers: What's Helpful for Mothers Experiencing Perinatal Depression
Byatt, Biebel, Debordes-Jackson, & Friedman - 2014

Overcoming Barriers to Addressing Perinatal Depression: Perspectives of Women
Byatt, Biebel, Friedman & Debordes-Jackson - 2012

Recordings:

'A Lifeline' For Doctors Helps Them Treat Postpartum Depression
Nancy Byatt (interviewed by Rhitu Chatterjee)
January 15, 2020, Morning Edition, NPR

Improving Maternal Mental Health by Building The Capacity of Frontline Medical Providers Webinar
Nancy Byatt, Tiffany Moore Simas, Deborah Cowley, & Christina Wichman
November 8, 2019
Funded by California Health Care Foundation (CHCF)

Voices of UMassMed Podcast Interview with Nancy Byatt & Tiffany Moore Simas
October 15, 2018

UMassMed Facebook Live Interview with Nancy Byatt & Tiffany Moore Simas
May 3, 2018

Nancy Byatt highlighting MCPAP for Moms in a video campaign series for the March for Moms Event in Washington, DC - May 6, 2018

Beating the Blues - Nancy Byat interview for Channel 3 UMass Memorial Health Watch
Byatt - April 11, 2017

Parenting with a Mental Illness. A radio interview for ABC Radio National, Australia Public Radio
Nicholson - 2010

Posters:

Understanding the Barriers & Facilitators to Bipolar Disorder Treatment During Pregnancy: A Formative Study
Biebel, Sankaran, Cox, Moore Simas, Kini, Swartz, Weinreb & Byatt
MA Department of Mental Health Research Centers of Excellence Conference - 2017

Overcoming Barriers to Perinatal Depression Treatment
Byatt, Biebel, Friedman, Debordes-Jackson, Allison & Ziedonis - 2011
UMass Chan Community Health & Research: Making the Connections Conference 

The Effectiveness of Prenatal and Postpartum Emotional Health Screening
Lundquist, Fletcher, Taub, & Zandi - 2007
ForHealth Consulting Academic Conference

Presentations:

Improving Health Care Systems to Promote Maternal Mental Health: A Massachusetts Statewide Initiative
Byatt & Biebel - 2015
Grand Rounds presented at the University of Massachusetts Medical School Department of Psychiatry
 
Optimizing Maternal Mental Health
Byatt & Biebel - 2013
Grand Rounds presented at the Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital
 
Addressing Perinatal Depression in the Outpatient Obstetric Setting
Byatt & Moore - 2012
Clinical and Translational Science Research Retreat
 
Relationships as Key to Recovery for Perinatal Women Living with Depression
Biebel, Byatt, Debordes, Jackson, Friedman, Allison, & Ziedonis - 2012
DMH 2012 Research Conference: Relationships & Recovery: Advancing the Research
 
Perinatal Mental Health Treatment: OB/GYN Providers' Perspective on How Barriers can be Overcome
Byatt, Biebel, Lundquist, Simas, Debordes-Jackson & Ziedonis - 2011
Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Annual Meeting