1 Mary M. Rock, DNP, CRNP-BC, FNP-C, CNS-PMH-BC, Geisinger Holy Spirit, Camp Hill, PA, USA.

A Stepped-Collaborative Perinatal Depression Model.

Published in Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

BACKGROUND: Perinatal depression (PD) screening has been defined for decades, but treatment remains ill-defined, with few mental health (MH) providers helping depressed women during this delicate time. The nurse practitioner (NP) is in a position to help women through PD with the use of a collaborative treatment model. AIMS: This DNP (doctor of nur...