{"id":6867,"date":"2022-05-09T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mheds.org\/staging\/1268\/?p=6867"},"modified":"2026-05-26T18:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:01:39","slug":"free-maternal-mental-health-hotline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mheds.org\/staging\/1268\/free-maternal-mental-health-hotline\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Maternal Mental Health Hotline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mheds.org\/staging\/1268\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WEB-AdobeStock_400460390.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mheds.org\/staging\/1268\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WEB-AdobeStock_400460390.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mheds.org\/staging\/1268\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WEB-AdobeStock_400460390.jpg?resize=350%2C233&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mheds.org\/staging\/1268\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WEB-AdobeStock_400460390.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mheds.org\/staging\/1268\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WEB-AdobeStock_400460390.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mheds.org\/staging\/1268\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WEB-AdobeStock_400460390.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mheds.org\/staging\/1268\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WEB-AdobeStock_400460390.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Mother\u2019s Day, HRSA launches our free <strong>Maternal Mental Health Hotline<\/strong>, providing pregnant women and new moms a safe, confidential space to get help with maternal depression and other mental health needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Call or text\u00a0<strong>1-833-9-HELP4MOMS<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please share this number with those you serve, your colleagues, and your networks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/about\/news\/2022\/05\/06\/hhs-launches-new-maternal-mental-health-hotline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/about\/news\/2022\/05\/06\/hhs-launches-new-maternal-mental-health-hotline.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Mother\u2019s Day, HRSA launches our free Maternal Mental Health Hotline, providing pregnant women and new moms a safe, confidential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,17,121],"tags":[201,119,134,133,205,204,200,203,202],"class_list":["post-6867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-story","category-news","category-patient-education","tag-behavioral-health","tag-health","tag-health-services","tag-healthcare","tag-hotline","tag-maternal","tag-mental-health","tag-mothers","tag-pregnancy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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