Perinatal advisory council los angeles

Linda Chase Neonatologist from rural area Lufkin Dr. Worth Dr. Alyssa Molina Family medicine physician who provides obstetrical care in a rural community Eagle Lake Dr. David B. Nelson Maternal fetal medicine Dallas Dr. Michael Stanley Neonatologist Richardson Dr. Barnes also served as a contributing writer to the updated guidelines for the Perinatal Advisory Council of Los Angeles County, in which she wrote a section on "The appropriate guidelines for assessment and treatment of perinatal mood disorders.

Barnes is currently completing three home study courses for Western Schools in Boston. Barnes wrote the forward for Eyes without sparkle , by Elaine Hanzak. In , her own book, The journey to parenthood: myths, reality and what really matters , co-authored with Leigh Balber, was published by Radcliffe Oxford.

This book arose out of the class that Dr. As mandated reporters, clinicians are responsible for making child abuse reports when we believe there is significant risk to minors. When supporting families struggling with perinatal mental health disorders, what is our role? How do we know when to report? What happens after we make a report and what are the legal ramifications with child welfare? In healthcare, ethics and law are viewed as important tools for promoting equity, dignity, and patient autonomy.

Yet, ethical and legal rules are the product of the same social, economic, political, and legal forces that have allowed structural racism, reproductive injustice, and other forms of discrimination to shape society.

Indeed, such rules have often operated as dangerous weapons that disempower and subordinate the very people they claim to protect — health practitioners and patients. To effectively address health inequity affecting perinatal mental health, we must ask several questions: Who determines the ethics, laws and systems within a society?

What motivations underlie the production and deployment of rules? And what barriers must be overcome in order to reform rules that undermine health equity, dignity, and autonomy? She is a past president of Postpartum Support International and currently sits on their Advisory Council. In Dr. She is on the editorial advisory board for Forensic Scholars. She maintains a private practice in Sherman Oaks, CA. Parnham has practiced law for fifty years in Houston, Texas, specializing in criminal defense.

He has become an expert on the defense of individuals with mental illness and a passionate advocate for legal reform of their treatment in the criminal justice system. Parnham is called upon frequently by local and national news media, as well as State Bar organizations to render an opinion on mental health.

He is board certified in the area of criminal law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Her research focuses on health care access, specifically the structural and individual factors that shape health and create inequity in our health delivery and financing systems.