A cross-border clinical trial called SUMMIT recruited participants from Mount Sinai Hospital and Women's College Hospital in Toronto, as well as the University of North Carolina and Endeavor Health in the US. The trial tested behavioural activation therapy online with a psychiatrist for postpartum depression. Participant Andrea Fagundez, 38, from Toronto, found the therapy helpful in managing her symptoms after giving birth to her daughter Maia. She credited the therapy with teaching her tools to reframe negative thoughts and feelings of isolation. Registered nurse Michelle Amato delivered the therapy and initially felt skeptical but was moved by the positive impact it had on participants.
https://thestar.com/news/ontario/nurses-midwives-can-help-treat-depression-during-pregnancy-and-new-motherhood-study/article_7f019217-6b0f-5887-a58a-6f345c96e2a5.htmlEndeavor Health, the third-largest health system in Illinois, plans to close its inpatient psychiatric unit at Northwest Community Hospital due to a sustained decrease in demand for inpatient behavioral health services. The clinic will remain open for outpatient services and the hospital system's medical group. Endeavor officials say they are hopeful that many of the approximately 100 employees whose jobs are being cut will join the system in other positions. The hospital is planning to enhance its outpatient behavioral health department by adding providers, creating specialty programs, and integrating counselors with primary care physician offices.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250130/news/northwest-community-healthcare-cuts-more-than-100-jobs-discontinues-inpatient-psychiatric-services/