In collaboration with
Colorado PROSPER offers a variety of FREE psychiatry support to health care providers who are managing perinatal patients with behavioral or mental health concerns. This includes consultation programs, training and education and more.
PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE USE
CONSULTING + ACCESS PROGRAM
FREE CONSULTATIONS & REFERRALS
Clinical Guidance and Practice Tools
You Asked, We Answered!
We’re excited to introduce YAWA (You Asked, We Answered)—a new way for us to share insights shaped directly by your consultations. Have a question you'd like us to answer? Email PROSPER@UCDenver.edu and let us know what you’d like us to tackle in future editions.
Reminder that you can consult with us for FREE about any patient or new parent in Colorado. We are happy to help with simple or complicated clinical situations (such as, Zuranolone for postpartum depression or initiating buprenorphine), resource requests, or just general support for the important work you all do!
YAWA Edition 1
Topic 1:
Antidepressant use
In this first edition, we explore how to support pregnant patients in making balanced decisions about antidepressant use, addressing both the risks of untreated illness and medication.
YAWA Edition 2
Topic 2:
Postpartum Depression & Zuranolone use
In this second edition, we explore how clinicians can decide whether zuranolone, a newer treatment option for postpartum depression, may be a good fit for their patients.
TIP Sheets
Clinical tip sheets are concise, quick-reference guides designed to provide healthcare professionals with essential, actionable information at the point of care. Please use these TIP sheets in your clinical practice.
Prescribing Sleep in the Postpartum Period
Postpartum sleep disruption is nearly universal, but it is not benign. Fragmented sleep raises risk for depression, anxiety, and mood destabilization, and often blunts response to psychiatric treatment.
Goal: help the family structure at least one protected
4–5 hour block of consolidated sleep for the postpartum parent.
Protecting Sleep During Pregnancy & Postpartum
When a new baby arrives, sleep disruption affects everyone in the home. Protecting the postpartum parent's sleep is one of the most important things a family or support network can do to support health, well-being, and connection with the new baby.
Recognizing and Responding to Suicide Risk in Pregnancy and Postpartum
A positive screen is not the end of the conversation. It is the start of a focused clinical response. Most patients who endorse suicidal thoughts won't need hospitalization, but every endorsement calls for structured assessment, risk formulation, and an appropriate response. Your job is not only to assess risk. It is to reduce it
Treatment Guidelines
Coming Soon!