The MHA Policy Committee worked with the
staff to create a new policy on perinatal mental
health. During this process, it was determined that
the committee needed a content expert to shape
the new policy. Because the MHAC director had
retained the APN’s services as a perinatal mental
health expert on Wellness Works, the APN was
selected to serve in this capacity. Working with the
MHAC director, the policy committee, and the
MHA staff attorney, the official MHA Position
Statement #49 Perinatal Mental Health was
created.13 After numerous revisions, the policy was
adopted by the MHA board of directors and is
located on the agency website at http://www
.mentalhealthamerica.net/issues/position-statement
-49-perinatal-mental-health.
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