Provider Toolkit
Download the full Provider Toolkit for evaluation guides, screening tools, treatment algorithms and informational materials all in one convenient place. The Toolkit is intended for health care professionals.
Screening Tools (PDF)
Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9)
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale (PASS)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7)
Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)
Primary Care PTSD Screen-5 (PC-PTSD-5) and PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C)
Barkin Index of Maternal Functioning
CIDI-based Bipolar Screening Scale
Algorithms, Evaluations and Clinical Considerations (PDF)
Download these additional materials for more information on treatment algorithms, evaluating perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and clinical considerations.
Evaluating Mood and Anxiety Symptoms
Clinical Considerations When Assessing the Mental Health of Perinatal Women
Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
Overall Evaluation and Treatment Algorithm
Medication Decision Tree for Postpartum Depression
Medication Algorithm for Depression (Formerly Antidepressant Algorithm)
Medication Algorithm for Anxiety
Using Harm Reduction with Clients Who Use Substances
Conversation Starters
How to talk to your perinatal patients about their mental health
Three Steps:
- Sit down and face your patient.
- Normalize and acknowledge the tremendous changes that motherhood brings.
- Inquire about their mental health at each visit.
- Use it as a starting point for further conversation.
- Consider going over individual responses of the questionnaire.
“Help me understand why you chose the answers that you did.”
“Is the transition to new motherhood meeting your expectations?”
Available Monday – Friday from 8am – 4pm CST, excluding holidays.
Provider to provider perinatal psychiatric tele-consultations within 30 minutes.
E-mails returned within one business day.
The Periscope Project is a program of the Medical College of Wisconsin – Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine.
