CME Credit Available
This activity offers
1.25 Category 1-A AOA
1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

This activity expires on September 30, 2025.

About
Postpartum depression (PPD) is the most common psychological condition surrounding birth and is associated with detrimental impacts on the mental, social, cognitive and physical health of the patients and their families. A comprehensive overview of the current literature on global epidemiology found PPD in 17.2% of the world’s population, with a U.S. prevalence of 18.6%. Another study using Kaiser Permanente health records concluded that the prevalence of PPD has increased 105% over the past decade. Several multifactorial and overlapping barriers to care currently exist at the patient, provider, and system levels, which impede optimal recognition and treatment. Untreated PPD is associated with poor maternal and child outcomes, including infant mortality in the presence of psychotic features, making it imperative that patients receive priority care.

This video-based activity has interactive questions.

Faculty
Melisa Lott, DO, FACOOG

Dr. Melisa Lott is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist in Chicago. She completed medical school at Midwestern University - Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. Her OB/GYN residency was completed at MSUCOM - St. Joseph Mercy Oakland in Pontiac, MI. She completed her ACGME accredited MFM fellowship at Geisinger in Danville, PA. She is the founder of the Center for Excellence for Diabetes Care in Pregnancy at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. Her clinical interests include diabetes, DKA in pregnancy, prediction, and prevention of preterm birth, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and obesity in pregnancy. She currently works with Access TeleCare providing MFM services via telemedicine, as well as in-person care as needed with Advocate Health and Rush Copley in Chicagoland. Please e-mail any questions regarding the presentation to cme@acoog.org.

Learning Objectives
Those participating in this activity will receive information that should allow them to:

• Accurately identify signs, symptoms, and risk factors for postpartum depression (PPD), enhancing their diagnostic capabilities
• Critically evaluate the consequences of missed or delayed PPD diagnosis
• Assess the obstetrician-gynecologist’s (OB-GYN’s) role in interdisciplinary PPD care, focusing on shared decision-making with patients and collaboration with mental health and primary care professionals

Conflict of Interest Disclosures
ACOOG requires each planner and presenter to identify all conflicts of interest, and mitigates risk of bias using a series of strategies for relevant conflicts. Unless otherwise noted below, the ACOOG, ACOOG staff and planners for this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Dr. Lott has no relevant relationship with an ineligible company to disclose.

System Requirements
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Requirements for Successful Completion
To successfully complete this activity, participants must:

• Register
• Complete the pre-test
• Participate in the activity, watching the video until the end and answeing embedded questions.
• Complete the post-test
• Complete the activity evaluation
• Claim credit

A certificate will be available in the ACOOG learning center (under transcripts) when the session is over AND you complete the evaluation. 

Commercial Support
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Sage Therapeutics, Inc. 

CME Accreditation
The American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Credit Designation
The American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists designates this program for a maximum of 1.25 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.

The American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ACOG Cognate Credit(s)
The American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists designates this activity for Category 1 College Cognate Credits. Maximum Cognates are equal to the number of  maximum AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM . A reciprocity agreement with the AMA exists that allows AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM to be equivalent to ACOG Cognate Credits.

NPs, PAs & CNMs
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) recognizes activities approved for Category 1-A credit through the American Osteopathic Association and Category 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ as providing advanced practice CE content hours for applicants seeking renewal through continuing education credit.

The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) recognizes activities approved for Category 1-A credit through the American Osteopathic Association and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ as Regular Category 1 CME for national certification maintenance.

The Certificate Maintenance Program of the American Midwifery Certification Board accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to satisfy its contact hours requirement. 

All NPs, PAs, CNMs and other health professionals participating in this activity will receive a certificate of completion commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. ACOOG strongly recommends all non-physician health professionals check with their certification/licensing organizations to confirm credit reciprocity.

Disclaimer
This activity is offered by the American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOOG) for educational purposes only. Every patient case is different, and physicians must rely on their medical knowledge, experience, and relationships with patients to make clinical decisions. This material is not intended to represent the best or only methods or procedures appropriate for the condition discussed; rather the material is intended to present an approach, view, statement or opinion of the authors or presenters, which may be helpful, or of interest to other practitioners. Physician judgment must remain central to the selection of diagnostic tests, management strategies, therapy options, and follow-up of a specific patient's medical condition.

Use of Artificial Intelligence
The closed captions and summaries provided in this content are automatically generated by artificial intelligence (AI). While AI can enhance accessibility and comprehension, it is not infallible and may produce errors. Please keep this in mind as you engage with and apply the content. 

Grievances
Any registrant finding evidence that the continuing medical education program presented is inappropriate with regard to facilities, materials, content, or observes any unacceptable promotion by a commercial interest in the same room as the educational activity, whether by company representative or presenter, may submit a grievance in writing to ACOOG, PO Box 17598, Fort Worth, TX 76102. Unresolved issues regarding this activity will require a formal written complaint to the AOA Division of CME, 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.

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Data Use
Data collected as part of this activity may be analyzed as part of educational research to study the effectiveness of educational interventions on health care, population health, health care providers and others, or to identify additional needs and gaps for future interventions.

Refunds
Refunds are not available for this educational product.