Academic and Research Skills
Mental Health
Neonatology
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Deborah Campbell, MD (she/her/hers)
Chief, Neonatology
Pediatrics
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York, United States
Margaret Hoge, MD (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, Texas, United States
Yvette Johnson, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)
Neonatologist
Cook Children's Hospital
Westworth Village, Texas, United States
Richard Shaw, MD (he/him/his)
Child Psychiatrist
Stanford University School of Medicine
San Francisco, California, United States
Session
Description: Parents of infants requiring neonatal intensive care are at risk for poor mental health outcomes with high rates of postpartum depression, acute stress and severe anxiety. The effects of the traumatic stress often linger throughout the first year with 20-40% of parents displaying post-traumatic stress disorder. Parental mental health disorders can impact child development, parent-child attachment and child health. Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders disproportionately affect parents with lower socioeconomic status, histories of domestic violence and/or mental health conditions, lack of partner or social support, pregnancy complications, pregnancy loss, and poor infant health. Families of color experience higher rates of postpartum mental health conditions, preterm birth, poor infant outcomes, and mental healthcare utilization. Increased attention to racial and ethnic disparities as well as incorporating the social determinants of health are important as screening and intervention programs are developed and implemented in the NICU and across health system and community settings.
Supported by a grant from by Abbott