Moore Simas, Tiffany A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8356-6418
Brenckle, Linda
Sankaran, Padma
Masters, Grace A.
Person, Sharina
Weinreb, Linda
Ko, Jean Y.
Robbins, Cheryl L.
Allison, Jeroan
Byatt, Nancy
Funding for this research was provided by:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1U01 DP006093)
National Center for Research Resources (KL2TR000160)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1TR000161, UL1TR001453)
Article History
Received: 31 May 2018
Accepted: 30 June 2019
First Online: 22 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The University of Massachusetts Medical School Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research (FWA#00004009) approved this study (ID # H00009163), providing review for the two UMass Memorial Health Care-affiliated practices and one practice without an institutional review board (IRB). In addition, six IRBs, affiliated with the seven other participating practices, reviewed the study. Of these, four ceded review to UMass and two retained independent review and approval.
: Not applicable.
: TMS receives grant funding from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC U01DP006093) and the National Institute of Health (NIH R41 MH113381) for projects related to perinatal depression. TMS receives a stipend from the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health via Beacon for her role as Engagement Director of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program for Moms (MCPAP for Moms). TMS is medical director of Lifeline4Moms. TMS co-directs the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Expert Work Group on Maternal Mental Health and was a member of the Council on Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care’s task force for creation of the maternal mental health patient safety bundle and co-author on the associated commentary. TMS has served on ad hoc Physician Advisory Boards for Sage Therapeutics, has received speaking honoraria, and serves as a consultant on observational studies and a systematic review. TMS serves as a consultant to Ovia Health, has received compensation for reviewing a perinatal depression case for McGraw Hill, and has received speaking honoraria from Miller Medical Communications. NB receives grant funding from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC U01DP006093) and the National Institute of Health (NIH R41 MH113381) for projects related to perinatal depression. NB is the founding and current Medical Director of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program for Moms (MCPAP for Moms) and receives salary support from the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health for that role. NB is the Executive Director of Lifeline4Moms. NB is a member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Expert Work Group on Maternal Mental Health. NB has served as a consultant for Sage Therapeutics or their agents. She has also received speaking honoraria for Sage Therapeutics and has served on Advisory Boards. NB is also a council member of the Gerson Lerhman Group and has served on an Advisory Board for Jannsen. NB has served as a consultant to Ovia Health and has received honoraria from Miller Medical Communications and Medscape.For the remaining authors no completing interests were declared.