MENTAL HEALTH DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
WEBINAR ON MENTAL HEALTH
IN THE AGE OF CORONAVIRUS

Thursday, April 9 @ 9 am EST
Joshua Gordon , Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, and  Paul Gionfriddo ,  President of Mental Health America, will discuss the psychological and emotional challenges that  arise with social distancing and healthy coping mechanisms to contend with them. Learn  how all of this and more is being incorporated into the broader public health response.
WEBINAR ON MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH
IN THE AGE OF CORONAVIRUS

Thursday, April 9 @ 4 pm EST
The March of Dimes has launched a webinar series entitled " Healthy Moms. Strong Babies." Join MMHLA Executive Director Adrienne Griffen and Board Member Pooja Lakshmin MD as they discuss maternal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
SAMHSA ANNOUNCES EMERGENCY GRANTS
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) has announced federal funding for emergency grants to address substance use and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Grants are for states, territories, and tribes to provide crisis intervention services, mental and substance use disorder treatment, and other recovery supports for children and adults impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. LEARN MORE HERE
Working with Policy Makers to Address Maternal Mental Health Challenges
MMHLA -- founded in 2018 -- is a nonpartisan 501(c)3 non-profit organization
dedicated to promoting the mental health of childbearing women in the United States
by advocating for universal education, screening, referral, and treatment
of postpartum depression and related maternal mental health (MMH) challenges.

Our vision is that all childbearing women in the United States will be educated about and screened for maternal mental health challenges and have access to resources for recovery.