About

Lita has been the Coordinator of the Pregnancy and Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorder Program since 2014. She collaborated with Ascension Illinois/Alexian Brothers staff and other stakeholders to develop the first perinatal intensive outpatient program in the state of Illinois that opened its doors in August of 2015. She is also a Perinatal Crisis Counselor for the Illinois Mom’s Line, and on the Board of Directors for Postpartum Support International. She is the co-coordinator of the Postpartum Depression Illinois Alliance. Lita has lectured on perinatal mood disorders in local, state, national and international settings. She has been involved advocacy, providing expert testimony in support of Illinois House Bill 1764 that allows for perinatal mood disorders to be considered as mitigating factors for sentencing in crimes. Lita is a member of the Illinois Department of Public Health Maternal Mortality Review Committee on Violent Deaths. She was part of the team of subject matter experts that developed the Perinatal Mental Health Certification exam.