Research & Evidence
The Silent Burden: Understanding Perinatal Mental Disorders in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Technical Brief: Addressing Common Perinatal Mental Health Disorders in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This brief summarizes MOMENTUM’S global- and country-level efforts in support of perinatal mental health (PMH) and includes easy links and QR codes to all of MOMENTUM’s PMH-related documents and products.
Landscape Analysis
This landscape analysis describes the current state of perinatal mental health and the burden of CPMDs for women in low- and middle-income countries, showing just how urgent the need is for mental health prevention and care services globally.
Landscape Analysis Brief
This 20-page brief summarizes findings and opportunities described in the longer Landscape Analysis to improve CPMD prevention, care, and treatment programs among women in low- and middle-income countries.
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BMC Article and Commentary
An article in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth further describes MOMENTUM’s analysis of the state of CPMDs and what is being done to address the burden in low- and middle-income countries. In a complementary commentary, MOMENTUM experts and other partners propose seven urgent actions that the international community, governments, health systems, and other stakeholders should take to ensure that women everywhere have access to high-quality, respectful care for both their physical and mental well-being.
PLOS Global Public Health Commentary
This commentary in PLOS Global Public Health describes the importance of prioritizing the unmet mental health needs of both pregnant and postpartum women and their caregivers. MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership experts and other partners make the case for whole-person, family-centered, context-responsive maternal health care that recognizes the fact that there is no health without mental health, and that health systems must meaningfully address communities’ mental health needs while paying specific attention to the particular mental health challenges of the perinatal period.