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What is PMAD? Additional Services for PMAD Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD) Outpatient Services. We have many are the most common complication of , conveniently located outpatient clinics, affecting 15-20% of pregnant women and moms with all with comfortable environments and Mother and Baby young children. PMAD includes depression, anxiety, accommodations for those with PMAD. Our post-traumatic stress, bipolar disorder, obsessive dedicated staff includes many professionals compulsive disorder and occurring during Program until three years after a baby is born. with advanced training in the treatment of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Special Untreated, a PMAD can lead to serious attention is given to the unique needs of complications in mother, baby and . in this time of life. Consequences include disruption in mother-baby What Patients Have to Say bonding, interruption in the ’s development, Specialized services include: The Mother and Baby Program has provided hope family and relationship conflicts, and in serious • Individual and family therapy available in and healing to hundreds of women since it opened cases, can lead to suicide or . our clinics and via teletherapy in December 2012. Here’s what a few had to say: • Psychiatric evaluations “Thank you so much Mother and Baby Program. You PMAD Signs & Symptoms • Medication management all have been so kind and understanding. When I • Anxiety • Support and therapy groups (available at came here, I felt so alone and helpless, but now I feel • Excessive worry, nervousness certain locations) hopeful and know that I will get better.” • Sadness, depression • Urgent counseling appointments “This program saved my life!! Thank you for this • Difficulty concentrating program and your incredible care!” • Scary thoughts Women and men are welcome to bring • Guilt support persons, as well as baby, to “Thank you for helping me during my difficult • Hopelessness treatment. Call 866.852.4001. pregnancy. I absolutely loved the program.” • Sleep problems “I came very pessimistic and afraid that I would just • Fatigue Inpatient Hospitalization. For women and feel worse and even more confused. I have learned • Loss of interest in normal activities men with severe symptoms, our inpatient program provides a safe space for patients so much from everyone and feel so grateful.” • Change in appetite who are in crisis and require 24 hour • Irritability “I am in with my new baby.” supervision to remain safe. Often pregnant • Difficulty making decisions and postpartum patients will step down “Keep doing what you are doing. You are touching so to our Mother and Baby Program after many lives during difficult times.” hospitalization. Call 800.678.5500. “Thank you for giving me hope and confidence that I will get better.”

“Coming to this program has saved my life.”

“Your program has given me the tools I need to help me move forward in a healthy, positive way.” pinerest.org/moms “Thank you for giving my life back. I had such scary thoughts and now I love being with .” 10/19 TO Services Benefits The program operates Monday – Friday, 8:30 The Mother and Baby Program provides a a.m. – 3:15 p.m. Women attend daily and may number of benefits, including: enter the program any day of the week. • Quick access to care and prevention of hospitalization Services are provided by a multi-disciplinary treatment team specifically trained in • Medication education with a physician for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. The expecting and nursing mothers program includes meetings with a psychiatrist • Improved depression, mood disorder and upon admission and at scheduled times anxiety symptoms before or after the program day. Patients • Supportive peer-to-peer environment by also meet individually with an advanced spending time with other women level practitioner for medication reviews, if needed, and a case manager. These • Recommendations from PMAD specialists professionals will work together with the for treatment options which take into Mother and Baby patient and the rest of the multidisciplinary consideration pregnancy and team to establish treatment goals, strategies • Skill-building to help mothers bond with Program and a comprehensive aftercare plan. their children and manage challenging Information symptoms For referrals or admission to the program, Group Sessions • Follow-up with support groups after please call 800.678.5500. One of the first in the country, the Pine Rest The Mother and Baby Program is a group program completion is encouraged Mother and Baby Program provides a unique based treatment modal. The groups and • Reduction of the long term effects of the Our Location opportunity for women with perinatal mood classes are led by licensed clinicians who illness on mother and children Building E, Entrance E2 and anxiety disorders to receive treatment are trained to help women learn the skills in an environment which enhances mother/ 300 68th Street SE to cope with stress, anxiety and disturbing Grand Rapids, MI 49548 baby bonding. thoughts that may occur when caring for their More Information children. For additional program information, a virtual Our program includes a nursery, allowing Exit tour and more information about PMAD, 8 mothers to bring their babies up to eight Group topics include: please visit pinerest.org/moms. months old with them on a daily basis. This • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy feature eliminates many barriers to women Pine Rest • Communication Exit Main Entrance seeking treatment such as separation from 77 68th St. SW 68th St. SE the baby, as well as care and feeding • Dialectical Behavior Therapy Exit issues. • Emotional Management 76 • Mother-Baby Bonding Building Childcare for children nine months and older • Nutrition for Mom and Baby E S Division Ave. S Division Eastern Ave. SE Ave. Eastern may be able to be arranged through our SE Ave. Madison • Relaxation Exit partnership with the Safe Program 75 • Self-care 76th St. SW 76th St. SE operated by Bethany Christian Services. • Stress Management