Preventing Pregnancy-Related Mental Health Deaths: Insights From 14 US Maternal Mortality Review Committees, 2008-17

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A 2021 report in Health Affairs describing the characteristics of pregnancy-related deaths due to mental health conditions from 2008-2017. This report includes data from 14 state Maternal Mortality Review Committees: Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah.

Nearly 1 in 9 pregnancy-related deaths were due to mental health conditions. Among pregnancy-related mental health deaths with a preventability determination made by the MMRCs, 100% were determined to be preventable.

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Audience

Care Managers Primary Care Provider (Physician, ARNP, or PA) Psychologist/Mental Health/Psychiatrists

Practice type

Behavioral Health Maternal Health Primary Care

Practice transformation

Opioid Use Reproductive Health Maternal and Child

Publication date

October 11, 2021 - 12:00pm

Sponsoring organization

MaMHA

Policy and reference

Evidence