New Mental Health Diseases and Conditions Data Have Been Reported by Investigators at Michigan State University (Medicaid Expansion Associated With Some Improvements In Perinatal Mental Health): Mental Health Diseases and Conditions

2021 NOV 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Mental Health Diseases and Conditions have been published. According to news reporting out of East Lansing, Michigan, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Poor perinatal mental health is a common pregnancy-related morbidity with potentially serious impacts that extend beyond the individual to their family. A possible contributing factor to poor perinatal mental health is discontinuity in health insurance coverage, which is particularly important among low-income people.”

Financial support for this research came from NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD).

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Michigan State University, “We examined impacts of Medicaid expansion on prepregnancy depression screening and self reported depression and postpartum depressive symptoms and well-being among low-income people giving birth. Medicaid expansion was associated with a 16 percent decline in self-reported prepregnancy depression but was not associated with postpartum depressive symptoms or well-being. Associations between Medicaid expansion and prepregnancy mental health measures increased with time since expansion.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Expanding health insurance coverage to low-income people before pregnancy may improve perinatal mental health.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Medicaid Expansion Associated With Some Improvements In Perinatal Mental Health. Health Affairs, 2021;40(10):1605-1611. Health Affairs can be contacted at: Project Hope, 7500 Old Georgetown Rd, Ste 600, Bethesda, MD 20814-6133, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Claire E. Margerison, Michigan State University, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States. Additional authors for this research include Katlyn Hettinger, Danielle Gartner, Robert Kaestner and Sidra Goldman-Mellor.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00776. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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