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Tiffany A Moore Simas

Researcher

Sep 2, 2026

3:52
But I wanted to speak a little bit more in detail about How MCPAT for Moms has been most impactful for mothers and physicians, what are the most impactful outcomes, especially when it comes to addressing perinatal mental health and substance abuse disorders? Can you tell us more about what you've seen this program do for your patients and the physicians that are involved in their care?
4:16
Yeah, happy to do so.
4:18
So MCPAP for moms was, the phone lines opened July 1 of 2014.
4:23
So we're just over 10 years young per se.
4:26
And it was really modeled after MCPAP.
4:29
So MCPAP stands for Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program.
4:32
That program is about 20 years old, and it was developed to help pediatricians address the mental health needs of the children of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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12:15
With the development of the perinatal psychiatry access programs nationwide, what do you think have been the biggest challenges and successes in sort of bringing that model to scale? And how has the National Network of Access Programs sort of furthered these efforts?

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