Intensive Outpatient
Therapy Program
REDUCES A NEW
MOM’S ANXIETY
Lots of things changed when Kelly Spargur
brought home her newborn daughter
Samantha for the first time. One of the
things Kelly wasn’t expecting to change
was her anxiety level — it overwhelmed
her to the point where she had difficulty
functioning day-to-day. She turned to
Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN) Women’s
Behavioral Health Psychiatrist
Sarah Homitsky, MD, who enrolled her
in AHN’s Mother-Baby Intensive Outpatient
Program for new moms.
Comprehensive Care for New Moms and Their Families
The Alexis Joy D’Achille Center for Our family-focused treatments that
Perinatal Mental Health at West Penn keep mom and baby together, include:
Hospital off ers rapid treatment for
women suff ering from postpartum
depression and other mood disorders
like anxiety and bipolar disorder.
Intensive outpatient program.
Weekly individual therapy.
Family sessions.
Mother-baby programming.
Nutrition programs.