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BYATT, Nancy (b. 1976)

Oral Histories

OH 2060

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Nancy Byatt is a perinatal psychiatrist, and director of the UMass program Lifeline for Family Center and also the program Lifeline for Moms. The interview centers on her work as the founder of The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program for Moms (MCPAP for Moms). She discusses her training in psychiatry, her efforts to get MCPAP for Moms funded around 2010, and her involvement in statewide Massachusetts initiatives (Rep. Ellen Story Postpartum Depression Commission) around postpartum mental health. She also discusses grassroots advocacy work to get MCPAP for Moms permanently funded, and then efforts to spread these programs around the country through federal legislation.