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Nkechi Conteh1, Jane Gagliardi, Shunda McGahee
1From Harvard Medical School (Drs. Conteh, Molina, and McGahee); Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (Dr. Conteh); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (Dr. Gagliardi); Beth Israel Lahey Health Behavioral Services, Danvers, MA (Dr. McGahee); Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (Dr. Molina); Department of Psychiatry and Asher Center (Dr. Clark), and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Dr. Clark), Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (Dr. Clare).
Abstract:
Despite the advancement of telemedicine and recent innovations in treatment, minoritized women continue to bear a disproportionate burden of pregnancy-related psychiatric conditions and complications, which the pandemic has further exacerbated. Research demonstrates that medical mistrust and systemic racism play central roles in the underutilization of services by racially and ethnically diverse women during pregnancy and postpartum. To effectively address these disparities, it is imperative to understand the drivers of medical mistrust in perinatal health care systems. This Perspectives article describes the historical context of medical mistrust in psychiatric and obstetric health systems and offers solutions to mitigate mistrust and the impact of systemic racism on perinatal care.
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