Health First Obstetricians Addressing Mental Health – During and After Pregnancy

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Health First OBSTETRICIAN CHRISTINA JACKSON, MD should know about the importance of psychological and emotional check-ins with expectant and new mothers. She’s the mother of four. At Health First, Obstetricians screen for mental health warning signals each trimester and again after birth. There’s on-site and virtual services available to Health First patients.

Pregnancy is perhaps one of life’s biggest events. Unlike moving or marrying, it carries tremendous physical and emotional changes for women.

Health First Obstetrician Christina Jackson, MD, should know – she’s the mother of four. She says the “usual” feelings ascribed to expectant and new mothers – joy, contentment, fulfillment and unconditional love – represent the happy end of the spectrum.

Health First Obstetricians screen for men­tal health warning signals each trimester and again after birth. At the Gateway and Bayside Lakes of­fices, a new Onsite Collaborative Care pro­gram supports OBs by providing sessions with licensed counselors with treatment review by a consulting psychiatrist. Health First patients at other OB clinics have Mindoula Virtual Collaborative Care services available to them.

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