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Depression Bipolar Support Alliance
(DBSA)
DBSA is the largest patient run advocacy
program for patients with mood disorders.
Postpartum Support International (PSI)
PSI is the oldest advocacy organization for
mothers. They have representatives from each of the 50 states and
Canada, South Africa and Australia. Their program has been predominantly
one-to-one peer support and a website that is loaded with medical
and other information.
Bio-behavioral Branch, NIH
The bio-behavioral Branch consists of research
scientists at the National Institutes of Health. Their area of study
is hormonal sensitivity to abrupt changes in hormones. This sensitivity
is present throughout these women's lives and is manifest as severe
mood disturbance beginning with puberty. This hormonal sensitivity
is present in only a percentage of women who develop perinatal psychiatric
disorders. They are studying the effects of medication and other
interventions for these women.
As they are always in search of patients for their studies they
offer scientific oversight and provide bibliographies of the latest
literature in the field. In return, they are listed as a link on
our website.
MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM
Organized
by the institute, the Maternal Mental Health Consortium promotes
awareness of perinatal depression, provides depression screening
for women and offers referrals to mental health services, professional
treatment and peer support. The consortium is open to any interested
organization.
Present and past members of the consortium include:
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,
Services
- Child Center and Adult Services
- D.C. Healthy Start Projects
-Mary's Center
-DC Bureau of Maternal and Family Care
- DC Healthy Families Initiatives
-Mary's Center
-DC Bureau of Maternal and Family Care
- Family Mental Health Institute
- George Washington University Hospital Pediatric
Outpatient Department
- George Washington University Prevention Research
Center
- George Washington University School of Public
Health
- George Washington University Department of
Psychiatry
- Georgetown University Hospital Department
of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Georgetown University Department of Psychiatry
- March of Dimes, National Capital Center
- Maryland Medical Society (MED-CHI)
- Arlington County Health Department
- Maryês Center For Maternal and Child Health
- National Naval Medical Center
- Washington School of Psychiatry
- Postpartum Support International
- University of the District of Columbia
- Potomac Hospital
- Alexandria Hospital, OB/GYN Outpatient Clinic
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