Mental Health Integration Toolkit

This Mental Health Integration Plan and associated toolkit has been created through the work of many state and local partners with a shared interest in providing coordinated and comprehensive mental health services to women before, during and after pregnancy. This toolkit is intended to be utilized by Kansas Title V MCH programs and shared with local partnering providers* serving the same population, in an effort to collaboratively develop an adequate system of care. It has been endorsed by the Kansas Maternal and Child Health Council (KMCHC). Information contained in the toolkit is based on sound research and recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Screening and crisis intervention algorithms have been adapted from those developed by the Minnesota Department of Health.

*Partnering providers might include: WIC; Title X Family Planning; clinical perinatal care providers; clinical mental health providers; home visitation and case management services; etc.

• Guidelines for Implementing Postpartum Depression Screening in Well-Child Visits (pdf)
   
• Comprehensive Printable Toolkit (pdf)
   
• Information on implementing PMAD Screening in Kansas (pdf)
   
• Perinatal Mental Health Integration Plan (pdf)
   
• Mental Health Integration Resource-Reference Guide, for Providers (pdf)
   
• Screening Tools:
• Edinburgh Scale, English (pdf)
• Edinburgh Scale, Spanish (pdf)
• EPDS Training Tip Sheet (pdf)
• KDHE Edinburgh Report Guide
• Stress Quiz (pdf)
   
• Additional Screening Resources:
• Postpartum Depression Screening Scale
• Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (pdf)
• Beck Depression Inventory (pdf)
• Beck Depression Inventory - II (pdf)
• Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (pdf)
• Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (pdf)
   
• Algorithms:
• Screening for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (pdf)
• Crisis Intervention Following PMAD Screening (pdf)
   
• Templates for Local Use:
• Mental Health Resource Directory Template, for Clients (word)
• Consent for Communication with Medical Providers (word)
• Refusal of Transport for Evaluation Following EPDS (word)
• Sample Model Policy for PMAD Screening (word)
   
• Provider Resources
• Provider Trainings
• Recommendations and Opinion Statements
• Support and Treatment
• Minnesota Department of Health Toolkit
   
• Patient Resources
• Online Support
• Patient Handouts
• Related Websites and Videos
   
• Paternal Postpartum Depression
• Information and Recommendations
• Resources for Fathers
• Paternal PPD Overview for Providers
• Paternal PPD Overview for Families