In honor of International Women's Day, UPMC is raising awareness about maternal mental health.It's an issue that's often overlooked.Behavioral changes in women are usually related to conditions like infertility, postpartum, pregnancy, and perimenopause.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in eight women experience postpartum depression and 50% of them are untreated.
In addition to that, although we have increasing awareness over the past decade, we're nowhere near where we need to be with awareness,' he said.The CDC also says mortality rates are significantly high in minority women.Silver mentioned that although there aren't many resources for minority women, the team at UPMC is working to increase accessibility to resources.'Minorities have worse outcomes than non-minorities.