Parental Mental Health

The Schuyler Center is at the center of efforts to improve policy and practice for screening, referral, and treatment for parental mental health in New York because untreated depression or other mental health disorders can take a toll on the health and well-being of parents and children. Parents experiencing mental health crisis often struggle to care for themselves or their families while children may suffer from developmental delays or health problems.

Developing policies around maternal mental health can be challenging because the issue sits at the uneasy intersection of health, mental health, child health, child welfare, and child care and early education. Schuyler Center’s experience across systems provides us the expertise and relationships to get the work done. We coordinate and promote collaboration to ensure that health and mental health systems in both the public and private sectors have the information and resources they need to work together to help families receive timely mental health care.

Policy Focus

Through our advocacy and analysis, Schuyler Center develops and promotes budget and public policy initiatives that:

  • Support workforce strategies that expand access to screening and treatment
  • Identify diverse treatment options to meet the needs of populations
  • Expand equitable access to services for women of color
  • Integrate health and mental health services across the lives of women
  • Improve data and measurement
  • Translate best practices to policy

Parental Mental Health Resources


February 16, 2023
Schuyler Center Testimony for the Joint Fiscal Committees Budget Hearing on Mental Hygiene

Resource Category/Categories: Health, NYS Budget, Parental Mental Health | Resource Type: Public Comments & Testimony


July 7, 2021
Improving Maternal Psychiatric Health at Northwell Health – Kristina M. Deligiannidis, M.D. Webinar slides

Resource Category/Categories: Parental Mental Health | Resource Type: Presentations


April 7, 2021
Opioid Use Disorder in Women webinar slides, Kelly Ramsey, MD, MPH, MA, FACP

Resource Category/Categories: Parental Mental Health | Resource Type: Presentations


Parental Mental Health News